PMASA-2016-4
Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-4
Date: 2016-01-24
Summary
Insecure password generation in JavaScript.
Description
Password suggestion functionality uses Math.random() which does not provide cryptographically secure random numbers.
Severity
We consider this vulnerability to be non-critical.
Affected Versions
Versions 4.0.x (prior to 4.0.10.13), 4.4.x (prior to 4.4.15.3) and 4.5.x (prior to 4.5.4) are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.0.10.13 or newer, 4.4.15.3 or newer, 4.5.4 or newer or apply patch listed below.
References
Thanks to Emanuel Bronshtein @e3amn2l for reporting this vulnerability.
Assigned CVE IDs: CVE-2016-1927
Patches
The following commits have been made on the 4.0 branch to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 4.4 branch to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 4.5 branch to fix this issue:
More information
For further information and in case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin security team at security@phpmyadmin.net.