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title: "CVE-2015-8838\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-8838

Publication date 31 December 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.9 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8838?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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

Show unmaintained releases

| 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 |

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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-2015-8838?format=md#patch-details)

### 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 |
| --- | --- |
| php5 | * Upstream:   <http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=0d2f147d80bd02d4d1ccaa0fa530d9d4846b3c75> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.9 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.9 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8838)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8838)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-8838)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8838)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2952-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2952-1)
+ PHP vulnerabilities
+ 21 April 2016

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8838>