CVE-2014-9218 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in phpMyAdmin by submitting a long password, leading to resource consumption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-9218?
CVE-2014-9218 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 8 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libraries/common.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.7, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.8, and 4.2.x before 4.2.13.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a long password.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9218?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9218?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-9218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9218, GHSA-756j-8p5m-2p7m, MGASA-2014-0510, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9218.