CVE-2015-8838
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2015-8838 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | php55-php | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-php56-php | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | php54-php | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php53 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php | Will not fix |
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