CVE-2016-9863 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a very large request to table partitioning function, it is possible to invoke a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.

Published: 2016-12-11

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.4:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-4973	An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a very large request to table partitioning function, it is possible to invoke a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.
Github GHSA	GHSA-qgrq-64g6-mmh6	phpMyAdmin DoS Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00605.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94526
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-68

History

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Subscriptions

Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-12-11T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:03.637Z

Reserved: 2016-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9863

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-11T03:00:04.917

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-9863

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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