{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6225","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.","modified":"2025-09-08T16:43:49Z","published":"2017-03-23T16:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-6225"],"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"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"percona-xtrabackup","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/percona-xtrabackup@2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["2.2.3-2.1build1","2.2.3-2.1build1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","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"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6225.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}