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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 mean that SSL is optional, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a cleartext-downgrade attack, aka a "BACKRONYM" attack.

Severity
Medium 5.9
Published
16 May 2016
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
14 Oct 2026
Fixed in
5.4.43, 5.5.27, 5.5.44, 5.6.11, 10.0.20
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
MariaDBServers and applications · cpe:a:mariadb:mariadb
  • From 5.5.0 before 5.5.44
  • From 10.0.0 before 10.0.20
MySQLServers and applications · cpe:a:oracle:mysql
  • Every version up to 5.7.2
PHPServers and applications · cpe:a:php:php
  • From 5.4.0 before 5.4.43
  • From 5.5.0 before 5.5.27
  • From 5.6.0 before 5.6.11

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3152
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3152