CVE-2016-6618
phpMyAdmin Denial of service (DOS) attack in transformation feature
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.76%
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. The transformation feature allows a user to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against the server. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.
How to fix CVE-2016-6618
To remediate CVE-2016-6618, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.4.15.8-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.6.4 or later
Is CVE-2016-6618 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 4.4.15.8-r0
- from 0, < 4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1
- >= 4.6, < 4.6.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |