phpMyAdmin Cryptographic Vulnerability
The advisory, in context
The suggestPassword function in js/functions.js in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 relies on the Math.random JavaScript function, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess passwords via a brute-force approach.
Affected packages
Start with the recorded fix for your release branch. Check your installed version and test compatibility before upgrading. Fixing this advisory does not rule out other vulnerabilities in the release.
From 4.0.0 before 4.0.10.13
Fixed in 4.0.10.13
22 explicitly affected versions
4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.10, 4.0.10.1, 4.0.10.2, 4.0.10.3, 4.0.10.4, 4.0.10.5, 4.0.10.6, 4.0.10.7, 4.0.10.8, 4.0.10.9, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4.1, 4.0.4.2, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8, 4.0.9
View affected-version evidence
{
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.0.10.13"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"4.0.0",
"4.0.1",
"4.0.10",
"4.0.10.1",
"4.0.10.2",
"4.0.10.3",
"4.0.10.4",
"4.0.10.5",
"4.0.10.6",
"4.0.10.7",
"4.0.10.8",
"4.0.10.9",
"4.0.2",
"4.0.3",
"4.0.4",
"4.0.4.1",
"4.0.4.2",
"4.0.5",
"4.0.6",
"4.0.7",
"4.0.8",
"4.0.9"
]
}From 4.4.0 before 4.4.15.3
Fixed in 4.4.15.3
View affected-version evidence
{
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.4.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.4.15.3"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": []
}From 4.5.0 before 4.5.4
Fixed in 4.5.4
View affected-version evidence
{
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.5.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.5.4"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": []
}References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1927
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/2369daa7f5f550797f560e6b46a021e4558c2d72
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/5530a72e162fab442218486a90ff3365c96fde98
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/6a96e67487f2faecb4de4204fee9b96b94020720
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8b6737735be5787d0b98c6cdfe2c7e3131b1bc95
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8dedcc1a175eb07debd4fe116407c43694c60b22
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/912856b432d794201884c36e5f390d446339b6e4
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-4.php