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FreeBSD: phpmyadmin -- Unsafe generation of XSRF/CSRF token (CVE-2016-2039)

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FreeBSD: phpmyadmin -- Unsafe generation of XSRF/CSRF token (CVE-2016-2039)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/28/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/29/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

libraries/session.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 does not properly generate CSRF token values, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by predicting a value.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-phpmyadmin

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