CVE-2016-9860
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user can execute a denial of service attack when phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. 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.
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affected products (67)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-3hw5-fffc-qrg4phpMyAdmin Denial of Service (DoS)2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user can execute a denial of service attack when phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. 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.
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references (7)
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- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-65cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94525enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32enisa_euvd
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-65enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94525Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32nvd
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-65PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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