Information disclosure in phpmyadmin (Alpine package)

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU33347

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9848

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. phpinfo (phpinfo.php) shows PHP information including values of HttpOnly cookies. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

phpmyadmin (Alpine package): 4.0.4.1-r0 - 4.4.15.8-r0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:phpmyadmin_alpine_package:4.0.9-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:phpmyadmin_alpine_package:4.0.9-r1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:phpmyadmin_alpine_package:4.0.10.1-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:

External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e3226bf79b872494874e7f139d2c88c069c4d60f
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=0e6a7a8f8c8d0d3eb1d715818e76bf4d0664e638
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3c5da8c4643bf2ec21c87b1c68b3ad2c149fc3b9
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b36b3560d17cde1b9b07e17906ea6b7612b04cce
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3e72f91bb20ef89058467b81ddaf2c5793af3ec9
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=517afce6b9a2a1a80adab744a77278db53d919f7
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a35fc5fa306c1b74cf13f5f8a6624b47b0409a82

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.