It was found that the MySQL client library permitted but did not require a client to use SSL/TLS when establishing a secure connection to a MySQL server using the "--ssl" option. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to strip the SSL/TLS protection from a connection between a client and a server.
Find out more about CVE-2015-3152 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects all versions of mysql and mariadb as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact and are currently awaiting upstream patch to resolve this flaw.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-mariadb100-mariadb) | RHSA-2015:1646 | 2015-08-20 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-mariadb100-mariadb) | RHSA-2015:1646 | 2015-08-20 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (mariadb55-mariadb) | RHSA-2015:1647 | 2015-08-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (mariadb) | RHSA-2015:1665 | 2015-08-24 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (mariadb55-mariadb) | RHSA-2015:1647 | 2015-08-20 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | mysql55-mysql | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-mysql56-mysql | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | mariadb-galera | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | mariadb-galera | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mysql | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | mysql55-mysql | Will not fix |
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