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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade mariadb | Sep 20, 2017 | May 16, 2016 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade mariadb-develUpgrade mariadb-benchUpgrade mariadb-embedded-develUpgrade mariadbUpgrade mariadb-serverUpgrade mariadb-embeddedUpgrade mariadb-testUpgrade mariadb-libs | Dec 1, 2016 | May 16, 2016 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Jul 2, 2015 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php5-mysqliUpgrade php56-mysqliUpgrade php55-mysqliUpgrade php56-mysqlUpgrade mariadb55-clientUpgrade php55-mysqlUpgrade mariadb100-client | Dec 10, 2025 | Jul 13, 2015 |
| Mariadb Mariadb | — | Upgrade MariaDB to the latest version | Mar 4, 2025 | May 16, 2016 |
| Oracle Mysql | — | Upgrade to Oracle MySQL version 6.1.3Upgrade to Oracle MySQL version 5.7.3 | May 19, 2016 | May 16, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade library/perl-5/dbd-mysql to version 4048-11.4.3.0.1.4.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade library/perl-5/dbd-mysql-522 to version 4048-11.4.3.0.1.4.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade library/perl-5/dbd-mysql-526 to version 4048-11.4.3.0.1.4.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Nov 19, 2018 | May 16, 2016 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade mariadb-testUpgrade mariadb-embedded-develUpgrade mariadb-benchUpgrade mariadb-libsUpgrade mariadbUpgrade mariadb-embeddedUpgrade mariadb-develUpgrade mariadb-server | Oct 16, 2024 | May 16, 2016 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 5.5.27Upgrade to PHP version 5.6.11Upgrade to PHP version 5.4.43 | Sep 15, 2022 | May 16, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Apr 29, 2015 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php53-ftpUpgrade php53-gdUpgrade php7-xmlrpcUpgrade php7-opensslUpgrade php7-sysvmsgUpgrade php53Upgrade libmysqlclient_r18-32bitUpgrade php53-mysqlUpgrade php7-wddxUpgrade libmysql55client_r18Upgrade php7-soapUpgrade php7-pear-archive_tarUpgrade php7-pgsqlUpgrade php7-fpmUpgrade php53-pgsqlUpgrade php7-gdUpgrade php53-curlUpgrade php7-ftpUpgrade libmysql55client18Upgrade php53-zipUpgrade php53-suhosinUpgrade php53-xmlreaderUpgrade php53-mbstringUpgrade php53-bz2Upgrade php7-xslUpgrade php7-domUpgrade mariadb-100-errormessagesUpgrade php53-xmlwriterUpgrade php53-shmopUpgrade php7-pharUpgrade libmysqld-develUpgrade php53-pcntlUpgrade php53-wddxUpgrade php53-pdoUpgrade php7-intlUpgrade php7-embedUpgrade php53-mcryptUpgrade php7-readlineUpgrade php53-calendarUpgrade mysql-toolsUpgrade php53-sysvsemUpgrade php53-odbcUpgrade php7-sqliteUpgrade php7-jsonUpgrade php7-bz2Upgrade php53-soapUpgrade php7-pcntlUpgrade mysqlUpgrade php53-iconvUpgrade php7-iconvUpgrade php7-mbstringUpgrade php7-posixUpgrade php7-gmpUpgrade php7-exifUpgrade php7-pdoUpgrade php7Upgrade libmysqlclient18Upgrade php53-gettextUpgrade mariadb-errormessagesUpgrade php7-gettextUpgrade php7-xmlreaderUpgrade php7-imapUpgrade apache2-mod_php7Upgrade php7-tidyUpgrade php53-sysvshmUpgrade mysql-clientUpgrade libmysql55client_r18-x86Upgrade php7-socketsUpgrade php7-tokenizerUpgrade php53-sysvmsgUpgrade php7-ctypeUpgrade apache2-mod_php53Upgrade php53-gmpUpgrade php53-xmlrpcUpgrade php53-tokenizerUpgrade php53-intlUpgrade php7-pearUpgrade php53-pspellUpgrade php53-fastcgiUpgrade php53-ldapUpgrade php7-calendarUpgrade php53-opensslUpgrade php7-pspellUpgrade php7-odbcUpgrade libmysqld18Upgrade php53-snmpUpgrade php7-snmpUpgrade php7-fileinfoUpgrade php7-zlibUpgrade php53-xslUpgrade libmysql55client18-32bitUpgrade php7-bcmathUpgrade php7-dbaUpgrade libmysql55client18-x86Upgrade php7-zipUpgrade php53-jsonUpgrade libmysql55client_r18-32bitUpgrade php53-zlibUpgrade php7-mysqlUpgrade php53-pearUpgrade mariadbUpgrade php53-ctypeUpgrade php53-domUpgrade php53-fileinfoUpgrade libmysqlclient-develUpgrade php7-sysvsemUpgrade mariadb-toolsUpgrade libmysqlclient18-32bitUpgrade php7-mcryptUpgrade php7-opcacheUpgrade php7-shmopUpgrade php53-exifUpgrade php53-bcmathUpgrade php7-ldapUpgrade php72-develUpgrade php7-curlUpgrade mariadb-clientUpgrade php7-fastcgiUpgrade php7-xmlwriterUpgrade php7-enchantUpgrade libmysqlclient_r18Upgrade php7-develUpgrade php53-dbaUpgrade php7-sysvshmUpgrade php7-sodium | Dec 18, 2015 | Jul 21, 2015 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade mariadb-5.5Upgrade mariadb-10.0 | Nov 19, 2024 | May 16, 2016 |
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