CVE-2015-3152

Summary

CVECVE-2015-3152
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-05-16 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-29 20:05:00 UTC
DescriptionOracle MySQL before 5.7.3, Oracle MySQL Connector/C (aka libmysqlclient) before 6.1.3, and MariaDB before 5.5.44 use the --ssl option to mean that SSL is optional, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a cleartext-downgrade attack, aka a "BACKRONYM" attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb All All All All
Application Mariadb Mariadb All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql Connector/c All All All All
Application Oracle Mysql Connector/c All All All All
Application Php Php All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MySQL '--ssl' Client Option Lets Remote Users Downgrade SSL/TLS Connections - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[MDEV-7937] Enforce SSL when --ssl client option is used - JIRA CONFIRM jira.mariadb.org Vendor Advisory
Oracle MySQL CVE-2015-3152 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3311-1 mariadb-10.0 DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: mariadb-10.0.20-1.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories MISC www.ocert.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
MySQL SSL / TLS Downgrade ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
WL#6791 : Redefine client --ssl option to imply enforced encryption · mysql/mysql-server@3bd5589 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
SSL/TLS in 5.6 and 5.5 – oCERT Advisory | Todd's MySQL Blog CONFIRM mysqlblog.fivefarmers.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: mariadb-10.0.20-1.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Redefining –ssl option | Todd's MySQL Blog MISC mysqlblog.fivefarmers.com
The BACKRONYM MySQL Vulnerability - Blog - Duo Security MISC www.duosecurity.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2015-3152 CONFIRM access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 670246 EulerOS Security Update for php (EulerOS-SA-2021-1830)
  • 670248 EulerOS Security Update for perl-DBD-MySQL (EulerOS-SA-2021-1828)
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