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CVE-2015-8838

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
Publication date:
16/05/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.90 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
5.90
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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