CVE-2016-6624

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving improper enforcement of the IP-based authentication rules. When phpMyAdmin is used with IPv6 in a proxy server environment, and the proxy server is in the allowed range but the attacking computer is not allowed, this vulnerability can allow the attacking computer to connect despite the IP rules. 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-2016-6624

To remediate CVE-2016-6624, 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-2016-6624 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.4%, 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

References (8)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6624
• ADVISORYsecurity.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-6624
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6624
• PATCHgithub.com/phpmyadmin/composer
• WEB