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: 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-2011-3022
CWE-ID: CWE-319
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3022
Install update from vendor's website.
Google Chrome - update to 19.0.1036.7
External References
- 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