CVE-2016-2562

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2562
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2562.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2562
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-03-01T11:59:04.643Z
Modified
2026-04-10T03:49:12.261259Z
Severity
  • 6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The checkHTTP function in libraries/Config.class.php in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 does not verify X.509 certificates from api.github.com SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof these servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
796e6ae09301a7ea8aae74fdb3bb44538c0f5151
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
7ab576930ba6cd844c3bbffa6161b8b4669b969c
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
9e08133f49f0b99868fec434762366d08a45b6f8
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
ae7d3bb97a30805f98945fd4a442d023ae0ea24a
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
b900c917101a15c78666579a28bab19b95bef669
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
1ec51857f828c2d409ad76450695ca281ed89fc3
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
a81ac373c82ec81351b3e5a30c5aa0b2b9e444af
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
d89a6bda4c6de1bac301f737e290ae376c15be56
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
2870a797f366589d89bc23c6cf29681f17ce3a89
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
1cb223f320dbf29fd4ae00a21f5d6bb2e3f43524
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
4b3c91b0f5c19afec21a909f80bd4fd0e0a056dc
Fixed
e42b7e3aedd29dd0f7a48575f20bfc5aca0ff976
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.5.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.5.0-rc1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.5.0.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.5.0.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.5.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.5.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.5.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.5.3.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.5.4"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.5.4.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.5.5"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
RELEASE_2_2_0
RELEASE_2_2_1
RELEASE_2_2_2
RELEASE_2_2_3
RELEASE_2_2_4
RELEASE_2_2_5
RELEASE_2_2_6
RELEASE_2_2_7PL1
RELEASE_2_3_0
RELEASE_2_3_1
RELEASE_2_3_2
RELEASE_2_3_3PL1
RELEASE_2_4_0
RELEASE_2_5_0
RELEASE_2_5_1
RELEASE_2_5_2
RELEASE_2_5_4
RELEASE_2_5_5PL1
RELEASE_2_5_6
RELEASE_2_5_7PL1
RELEASE_2_6_1PL3
RELEASE_2_6_2PL1
RELEASE_2_6_3PL1
RELEASE_2_6_4PL4
RELEASE_2_7_0PL2
RELEASE_2_8_0_4
RELEASE_2_8_1
RELEASE_2_8_2_4
RELEASE_2_9_0
RELEASE_3_4_0RC2
RELEASE_3_5_0ALPHA1
RELEASE_4_0_0ALPHA2
RELEASE_4_0_0BETA3
RELEASE_4_0_0RC1
RELEASE_4_1_0ALPHA1
RELEASE_4_1_0BETA1
RELEASE_4_1_0BETA2
RELEASE_4_2_0ALPHA2
RELEASE_4_2_0BETA1
RELEASE_4_5_0
RELEASE_4_5_0RC1
RELEASE_4_5_0_1
RELEASE_4_5_0_2
RELEASE_4_5_1
RELEASE_4_5_2
RELEASE_4_5_3
RELEASE_4_5_3_1
RELEASE_4_5_4
RELEASE_4_5_4_1
RELEASE_4_5_5

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2562.json"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "4.5.0-beta1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "4.5.0-beta2"
            }
        ]
    }
]