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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2015-8838): PHP regression

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2015-8838): PHP regression

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/27/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/27/2016
Modified
04/25/2018

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libapache2-mod-php5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-cgi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-cli
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-fpm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-gd
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-mysqlnd
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-snmp

References

  • USN-2952-1
  • USN-2952-2
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1145
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1166
  • CVE-2015-8838

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