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CVE-2015-8838

Publication date 31 December 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 uses a client SSL option to mean that SSL is optional, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a cleartext-downgrade attack, a related issue to CVE-2015-3152.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.22
php7.0 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
php5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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