vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-6225): percona-xtrabackup vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Mar 23, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Mar 23, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
xbcrypt in Percona XtraBackup before 2.3.6 and 2.4.x before 2.4.5 does not properly set the initialization vector (IV) for encryption, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from encrypted backup files via a Chosen-Plaintext attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6394.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-percona-xtrabackup
References
- CVE-2016-6225
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-6225
- CWE-326
- EUVD-EUVD-2016-7156
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-7156
- https://github.com/percona/percona-xtrabackup/pull/266
- https://github.com/percona/percona-xtrabackup/pull/267
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6225
- https://www.percona.com/blog/2017/01/12/cve-2016-6225-percona-xtrabackup-encryption-iv-not-set-properly
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