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CVE-2015-3152
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…
Medium5.9EPSS 7.1%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.1% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131688/MySQL-SSL-TLS-Downgrade.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://mysqlblog.fivefarmers.com/2015/04/29/ssltls-in-5-6-and-5-5-ocert-advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 74398 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/commit/3bd5589e1a5a93f9c224badf983cd65c45215390 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-3152 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1646 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3311 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://mysqlblog.fivefarmers.com/2014/04/02/redefining-ssl-option/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1647 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1032216 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.duosecurity.com/blog/backronym-mysql-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-7937 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-003.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-10831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20150429 [oCERT-2015-003] MySQL SSL/TLS downgrade (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-10849 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1665 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .