CVE-2015-1027

Public Exploit

Description

The version checking subroutine in percona-toolkit before 2.2.13 and xtrabackup before 2.2.9 was vulnerable to silent HTTP downgrade attacks and Man In The Middle attacks in which the server response could be modified to allow the attacker to respond with modified command payload and have the client return additional running configuration information leading to an information disclosure of running configuration of MySQL.

Category

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.28%
Vendor Advisory percona.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-toolkit/+bug/1408375 third party advisory issue tracking
https://www.percona.com/blog/2015/05/06/percona-security-advisory-cve-2015-1027/ vendor advisory mitigation exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-1027?
CVE-2015-1027 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-1027?
To fix CVE-2015-1027, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-1027 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-1027 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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