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title: "CVE-2015-3230\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-3230

Publication date 29 October 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

389 Directory Server (formerly Fedora Directory Server) before 1.3.3.12
does not enforce the nsSSL3Ciphers preference when creating an sslSocket,
which allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact by requesting to
use a disabled cipher.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3230?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 389-ds-base | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1.3.4.9-1 |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3230?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

second ticket fixes regression if

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| 389-ds-base | * Upstream:   <https://fedorahosted.org/389/changeset/99109e38ca671951c50724018fce71e2e362f0ff/> * Upstream:   <https://fedorahosted.org/389/changeset/53c9c4e84e3bcbc40de87b1e7cf7634d14599e1c/> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3230)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3230)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-3230)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3230)

### Other references

* <https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/48194>
* <https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/47838>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3230>