UBUNTU-CVE-2025-43960

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-43960
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-43960.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-43960
Upstream
Published
2025-08-25T14:15:00Z
Modified
2025-08-27T18:40:22Z
Severity
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Adminer 4.8.1, when using Monolog for logging, allows a Denial of Service (memory consumption) via a crafted serialized payload (e.g., using s:1000000000), leading to a PHP Object Injection issue. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can trigger this by sending a malicious serialized object, which forces excessive memory usage, rendering Adminer’s interface unresponsive and causing a server-level DoS. While the server may recover after several minutes, multiple simultaneous requests can cause a complete crash requiring manual intervention.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / adminer

Package

Name
adminer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/adminer@4.2.1-1ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.2.1-1
4.2.1-1ubuntu1
4.2.1-1ubuntu1+esm1

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / adminer

Package

Name
adminer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/adminer@4.6.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.3.1-2
4.5.0-1
4.6.1-1
4.6.2-1
4.6.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / adminer

Package

Name
adminer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/adminer@4.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.7.2-1
4.7.4-1
4.7.5-1
4.7.6-1
4.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / adminer

Package

Name
adminer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/adminer@4.8.1-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.7.9-2
4.8.1-1

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / adminer

Package

Name
adminer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/adminer@4.8.1-2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.8.1-1
4.8.1-1ubuntu1
4.8.1-2

Ubuntu:25.04 / adminer

Package

Name
adminer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/adminer@4.8.1-4?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.8.1-4