What is CVE-2016-6653?

CVE-2016-6653 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Cf Mysql, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-6653?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Cf Mysql

CVE-2016-6653

The MariaDB audit_plugin component in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) cf-mysql-release 27 and 28 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading syslog messages, as demonstrated by cleartext credentials.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.014 (68.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Pivotal_software Cloud_foundry_cf_mysql — versions 27.0, 28.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security_alert@emc.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6653?: CVE-2016-6653 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Cf Mysql, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-6653?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.