CVE-2015-2206 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can determine CSRF tokens via BREACH attacks on compressed error responses, facilitating CSRF exploits in phpMyAdmin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-2206?

CVE-2015-2206 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Mar 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

libraries/select_lang.lib.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.9, 4.2.x before 4.2.13.2, and 4.3.x before 4.3.11.1 includes invalid language values in unknown-language error responses that contain a CSRF token and may be sent with HTTP compression, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct a BREACH attack and determine this token via a series of crafted requests.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2206?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2015-2206?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-2206 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2206 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2206, GHSA-crhx-xmfj-53jv, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2206.

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