CVE-2011-3389

Description

The SSL protocol, as used in certain configurations in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, and other products, encrypts data by using CBC mode with chained initialization vectors, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain plaintext HTTP headers via a blockwise chosen-boundary attack (BCBA) on an HTTPS session, in conjunction with JavaScript code that uses (1) the HTML5 WebSocket API, (2) the Java URLConnection API, or (3) the Silverlight WebClient API, aka a "BEAST" attack.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.42% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory blogspot.com Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory opera.com
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://osvdb.org/74829 vdb entry broken link
http://eprint.iacr.org/2004/111 third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html third party advisory
http://isc.sans.edu/diary/SSL+TLS+part+3+/11635 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48692 third party advisory not applicable
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2 issue tracking mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.apcmedia.com/salestools/SJHN-7RKGNM/SJHN-7RKGNM_R4_EN.pdf third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133365109612558&w=2 issue tracking mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55322 third party advisory not applicable
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737506 issue tracking third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132750579901589&w=2 issue tracking mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00009.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025997 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html vendor advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00049.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49388 vdb entry third party advisory
http://ekoparty.org/2011/juliano-rizzo.php broken link
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2016-001.html third party advisory
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_fetchmail third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/55351 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/864643 third party advisory us government resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html mailing list broken link vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49778 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2398 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48948 third party advisory not applicable
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html mailing list broken link vendor advisory
http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2588513 patch vendor advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432 vendor advisory broken link
http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/09/26/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2588513.aspx third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1384.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/09/26/is-ssl-broken-more-about-security-advisory-2588513.aspx third party advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1151/ third party advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861 vendor advisory broken link
http://eprint.iacr.org/2006/136 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48915 third party advisory not applicable
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-02.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132872385320240&w=2 issue tracking mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.educatedguesswork.org/2011/09/security_impact_of_the_rizzodu.html broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/48256 third party advisory not applicable
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html mailing list broken link vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026103 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999 third party advisory
http://www.imperialviolet.org/2011/09/23/chromeandbeast.html third party advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 third party advisory
http://www.insecure.cl/Beast-SSL.rar patch broken link
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-02 third party advisory us government resource
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5001 third party advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1160/ third party advisory
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20120124B.html third party advisory
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1004/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2011-443431.html third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026704 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00001.html mailing list broken link vendor advisory
http://my.opera.com/securitygroup/blog/2011/09/28/the-beast-ssl-tls-issue third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0508.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45791 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029190 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:058 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/47998 third party advisory not applicable
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254957702612&w=2 issue tracking mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49198 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0006.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2011/09/27/attack-against-tls-protected-communications/ third party advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1160/ third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00051.html vendor advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133728004526190&w=2 issue tracking mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14752 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1151/ third party advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1151/ third party advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-006 patch vendor advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1160/ third party advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html not applicable vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281 broken link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00002.html vendor advisory broken link
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719047 issue tracking third party advisory
https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03839862 vendor advisory broken link
http://vnhacker.blogspot.com/2011/09/beast.html third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1263-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html mailing list broken link vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55350 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/ third party advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-556833.pdf third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-3389?
CVE-2011-3389 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-3389?
To fix CVE-2011-3389, 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-2011-3389 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-3389 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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