UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2049

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2049

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2049.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2049

Upstream

CVE-2016-2049

Published

2016-02-01T21:59:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:45:37Z

Severity

8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - low

Summary

[none]

Details

examples/consumer/common.php in JanRain PHP OpenID library (aka php-openid) improperly checks the openid.realm parameter against the SERVER_NAME element in the SERVER superglobal array, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users via vectors involving a crafted HTTP Host header.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / php-openid

Package

Name: php-openid
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/php-openid@2.2.2-1.2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.2.2-1.2

2.2.2-1.2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "php-openid",
            "binary_version": "2.2.2-1.2ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2049.json"