Debian DLA-406-1 : phpmyadmin security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 88492

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Several flaws were discovered in the CSRF authentication code of phpMyAdmin.

CVE-2016-2039

The XSRF/CSRF token is generated with a weak algorithm using functions that do not return cryptographically secure values.

CVE-2016-2041

The comparison of the XSRF/CSRF token parameter with the value saved in the session is vulnerable to timing attacks. Moreover, the comparison could be bypassed if the XSRF/CSRF token matches a particular pattern.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected phpmyadmin package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88492

File Name: debian_DLA-406.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/1/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:phpmyadmin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2039, CVE-2016-2041

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