CVE-2016-2047

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2016-2047  

It was found that the MariaDB client library did not properly check host names against server identities noted in the X.509 certificates when establishing secure connections using TLS/SSL. A man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to impersonate a server to a client.

It was found that the MariaDB client library did not properly check host names against server identities noted in the X.509 certificates when establishing secure connections using TLS/SSL. A man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to impersonate a server to a client.

Find out more about CVE-2016-2047 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.9
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-mariadb100-mariadb) RHSA-2016:1132 2016-05-26
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-mysql56-mysql) RHSA-2016:0705 2016-05-02
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-mariadb100-mariadb) RHSA-2016:1132 2016-05-26
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (mariadb) RHSA-2016:0534 2016-03-31
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-mysql56-mysql) RHSA-2016:0705 2016-05-02
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (mysql55-mysql) RHSA-2016:1480 2016-07-25
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (mariadb55-mariadb) RHSA-2016:1481 2016-07-25
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (mariadb55-mariadb) RHSA-2016:1481 2016-07-25
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (mysql55-mysql) RHSA-2016:1480 2016-07-25

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-mariadb101-mariadb Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) mariadb-galera Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 mariadb-galera Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 mariadb-galera Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) mariadb-galera Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mysql Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mysql55-mysql Will not fix

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