CVE-2015-8838 Security feature bypass in n/a
Man-in-the-middle attackers can downgrade SSL connections to cleartext by exploiting optional SSL settings in the PHP MySQL driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-8838?
CVE-2015-8838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Php Php, published on 16 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8838?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8838?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2015-8838 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8838 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gqmm-72rw-vrp2, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8838.