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phpmyadmin -- Insecure password generation in JavaScript

Affected packages
4.5.0	<=	phpmyadmin	<	4.5.4

Details

VuXML ID	6f0c2d1b-c60b-11e5-bf36-6805ca0b3d42
Discovery	2016-01-28
Entry	2016-01-28

The phpMyAdmin development team reports:

Password suggestion functionality uses Math.random() which does not provide cryptographically secure random numbers.

We consider this vulnerability to be non-critical.

[source]

References

CVE Name	CVE-2016-1927
URL	https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-4/