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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9850
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Username matching for the allow/deny rules may result in wrong matches and detection of the username in the rul...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Username matching for the allow/deny rules may result in wrong matches and detection of the username in the rule due to non-constant execution time. 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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
phpmyadmin
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:4.6.5.1-1"}]}]
Debian:13
phpmyadmin
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:4.6.5.1-1"}]}]
Debian:14
phpmyadmin
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:4.6.5.1-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org