CVE-2016-2041 phpMyAdmin Unsafe comparison of XSRF/CSRF token

What is CVE-2016-2041?

CVE-2016-2041 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 20 Feb 2016. 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 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 does not use a constant-time algorithm for comparing CSRF tokens, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by measuring time differences.

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2041?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. It affects 4 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2041?

Upgrade phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to a fixed version for your release line: 4.0.10.13, 4.4.15.3 or 4.5.4.

Is CVE-2016-2041 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2041 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2041, GHSA-8m97-xc46-rw9w, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2041.