CVE-2016-9847: Cryptographic Issues

December 11, 2016 (updated July 1, 2017)

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. When the user does not specify a blowfish_secret key for encrypting cookies, phpMyAdmin generates one at runtime. A vulnerability was reported where the way this value is created uses a weak algorithm. This could allow an attacker to determine the user’s blowfish_secret and potentially decrypt their cookies.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94524
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9847
www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-58

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