Input validation error - CVE-2011-3389
Published: September 6, 2011 / Updated: November 8, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33691
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3389
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
Affected software
lighttpd (Alpine package)
fetchmail (Alpine package)
curl (Alpine package)
python26
Adobe Commerce (formerly Magento Commerce)
Fedora
fetchmail (Alpine package)
curl (Alpine package)
python26
Adobe Commerce (formerly Magento Commerce)
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3389
Install update from vendor's website.
lighttpd (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.30-r0
fetchmail (Alpine package) - update to 6.3.22-r0
curl (Alpine package) - update to 7.24.0-r0
python26 - update to 2.6.8-1.el5
fetchmail (Alpine package) - update to 6.3.22-r0
curl (Alpine package) - update to 7.24.0-r0
python26 - update to 2.6.8-1.el5
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2011/09/27/attack-against-tls-protected-communications/
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/09/26/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2588513.aspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/09/26/is-ssl-broken-more-about-security-advisory-2588513.aspx
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20120124B.html
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2016-001.html
- http://ekoparty.org/2011/juliano-rizzo.php
- http://eprint.iacr.org/2004/111
- http://eprint.iacr.org/2006/136
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html
- http://isc.sans.edu/diary/SSL+TLS+part+3+/11635
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00051.html
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- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132872385320240&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133365109612558&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133728004526190&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254957702612&w=2
- http://my.opera.com/securitygroup/blog/2011/09/28/the-beast-ssl-tls-issue
- http://osvdb.org/74829
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0508.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45791
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47998
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48256
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48692
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48915
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48948
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49198
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55322
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55351
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-02.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5001
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2588513
- http://vnhacker.blogspot.com/2011/09/beast.html
- http://www.apcmedia.com/salestools/SJHN-7RKGNM/SJHN-7RKGNM_R4_EN.pdf
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2398
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- http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/
- http://www.imperialviolet.org/2011/09/23/chromeandbeast.html
- http://www.insecure.cl/Beast-SSL.rar
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/864643
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:058
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1151/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1160/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1151/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1160/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1151/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1160/
- http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1004/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2011-443431.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1384.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0006.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49388
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49778
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029190
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025997
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026103
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026704
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1263-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_fetchmail
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719047
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737506
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-556833.pdf
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-006
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03839862
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-02
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14752