Vulnerability in phpmyadmin
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A vulnerability tracked as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9865 has been found in phpmyadmin.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade phpmyadmin to 4:4.6.5.1-1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "phpmyadmin DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9865" on the vendor's site.
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9865 (phpmyadmin)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 4:4.6.5.1-1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in phpmyadmin.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of phpmyadmin.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 4:4.6.5.1-1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'phpmyadmin' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1
Identify exposureidentify
grep -r 'phpmyadmin' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
phpmyadminを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
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Apply patchpatch
Upgrade phpmyadmin to 4:4.6.5.1-1ステージング環境で 4:4.6.5.1-1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3
Post-deployment verificationverify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | phpmyadmin |
< 4:4.6.5.1-1 |
4:4.6.5.1-1 |
| Debian:13 | phpmyadmin |
< 4:4.6.5.1-1 |
4:4.6.5.1-1 |
| Debian:14 | phpmyadmin |
< 4:4.6.5.1-1 |
4:4.6.5.1-1 |
Original description The description as published by the source.
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Due to a bug in serialized string parsing, it was possible to bypass the protection offered by PMA_safeUnserialize() function. 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
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org