ubuntu-cve-2016-6225
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-03-23 16:59
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details

xbcrypt in Percona XtraBackup before 2.3.6 and 2.4.x before 2.4.5 does not properly set the initialization vector (IV) for encryption, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from encrypted backup files via a Chosen-Plaintext attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6394.

Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "percona-xtrabackup",
            "binary_version": "2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "percona-xtrabackup-test",
            "binary_version": "2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xtrabackup",
            "binary_version": "2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "percona-xtrabackup",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/percona-xtrabackup@2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.2.3-2.1build1",
        "2.2.3-2.1build1.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "xbcrypt in Percona XtraBackup before 2.3.6 and 2.4.x before 2.4.5 does not properly set the initialization vector (IV) for encryption, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from encrypted backup files via a Chosen-Plaintext attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6394.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6225",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:49Z",
  "published": "2017-03-23T16:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6225"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.percona.com/blog/2017/01/12/cve-2016-6225-percona-xtrabackup-encryption-iv-not-set-properly"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/percona/percona-xtrabackup/pull/266"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/percona/percona-xtrabackup/pull/267"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6225"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-6225"
  ]
}



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