Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user is able to execute a denial-of-service (DoS) attack by forcing persistent connections when phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.
Published: 2016-12-11
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: 1.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-626-1 phpmyadmin security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1415-1 phpmyadmin security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-4955 An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user is able to execute a denial-of-service (DoS) attack by forcing persistent connections when phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qf3f-7x69-qfv3 phpMyAdmin DoS Vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:36:29.416Z

Reserved: 2016-08-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6622

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-11T02:59:29.690

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-6622

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