Security Bulletin: OpenSource Oracle MySQL Vulnerability affects IBM Security Guardium (CVE-2016-2047)

Summary

Oracle MySQL, MariaDB and Percona Server could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions. IBM Security Guardium has addressed the applicable CVE

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2047**
DESCRIPTION:** Oracle MySQL, MariaDB and Percona Server could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject’s Common Name (CN) and subjectAltName fields in X.509 certificates. By persuading a victim to visit a Web site containing a specially-crafted certificate, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to cause the victim to impersonate trusted servers.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110308&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Guardium V9.1, V9.5, V10

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Security Guardium | 9x| http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_9.0p6020_SecurityUpdate&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc
IBM Security Guardium | 10| http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p6020_SecurityUpdate&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None