CVE-2015-3152

mysql: use of SSL/TLS can not be enforced in mysql client library (oCERT-2015-003, BACKRONYM)

Published May 16, 2016 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 7.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Oracle 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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1079-1 libdbd-mysql-perl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3311-1 mariadb-10.0 security update
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