THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-2047
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2016-2047

Mariadb vulnerability

CVSS
5.9
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
The ssl_verify_server_cert function in sql-common/client.c in MariaDB before 5.5.47, 10.0.x before 10.0.23, and 10.1.x before 10.1.10; Oracle MySQL 5.5.48 and earlier, 5.6.29 and earlier, and 5.7.11 and earlier; and Percona Server do not properly verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a "/CN=" string in a field in a certificate, as demonstrated by "/OU=/CN=bar.com/CN=foo.com."
Affected vendor
Mariadb
Affected product
Mariadb
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2016-01-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-2047

  • Confirm whether Mariadb Mariadb is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-2047.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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