CVE-2016-2042 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2042?

CVE-2016-2042 is a medium-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

phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3 and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted request to (1) libraries/phpseclib/Crypt/AES.php or (2) libraries/phpseclib/Crypt/Rijndael.php, which reveals the full path in an error message.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2042?

It affects 4 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2016-2042?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-2042 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2042 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2042, GHSA-g564-g9wm-3q4m, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2042.