CVE-2014-4987 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2014-4987?

CVE-2014-4987 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 20 Jul 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

server_user_groups.php in phpMyAdmin 4.1.x before 4.1.14.2 and 4.2.x before 4.2.6 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and read the MySQL user list via a viewUsers request.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4987?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Opensuse Opensuse, Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4987?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2014-4987 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4987 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse

• CVE-2015-5957 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2015-0491 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2008-2388 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-1866 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-0492 Other in n/a Critical 9.3

All Opensuse Opensuse vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4987, GHSA-pvp5-3q7r-jxp6, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4987.