Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3022
Published: February 16, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44278
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3022
CWE-ID: CWE-319
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
translate/translate_manager.cc in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.56 and 19.x before 19.0.1036.7 uses an HTTP session to exchange data for translation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3022
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=112236
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/chrome-stable-update.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/dev-channel-update_10.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48016
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=120113
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15025