CVE-2011-3389

N/A Unknown
Published: September 06, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20120124B.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2016-001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://ekoparty.org/2011/juliano-rizzo.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://eprint.iacr.org/2004/111
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://eprint.iacr.org/2006/136
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
http://isc.sans.edu/diary/SSL+TLS+part+3+/11635
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132750579901589&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132872385320240&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133365109612558&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133728004526190&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254957702612&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/74829
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0508.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45791
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/47998
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/48256
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/48692
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/48915
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/48948
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/49198
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/55322
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/55350
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/55351
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-02.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5001
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2588513
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://vnhacker.blogspot.com/2011/09/beast.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2398
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.imperialviolet.org/2011/09/23/chromeandbeast.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.insecure.cl/Beast-SSL.rar
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/864643
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1151/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1160/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1151/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1160/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1151/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1160/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1004/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1384.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0006.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49388
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49778
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029190
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025997
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026103
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026704
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1263-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719047
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737506
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-556833.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-02
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2011/09/27/attack-against-tls-protected-communications/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20120124B.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2016-001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://ekoparty.org/2011/juliano-rizzo.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://eprint.iacr.org/2004/111
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://eprint.iacr.org/2006/136
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
http://isc.sans.edu/diary/SSL+TLS+part+3+/11635
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00049.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00051.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00009.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132750579901589&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132872385320240&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133365109612558&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133728004526190&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254957702612&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://my.opera.com/securitygroup/blog/2011/09/28/the-beast-ssl-tls-issue
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/74829
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0508.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45791
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/47998
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/48256
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/48692
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/48915
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/48948
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/49198
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/55322
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/55350
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/55351
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-02.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5001
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2588513
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://vnhacker.blogspot.com/2011/09/beast.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.apcmedia.com/salestools/SJHN-7RKGNM/SJHN-7RKGNM_R4_EN.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2398
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.educatedguesswork.org/2011/09/security_impact_of_the_rizzodu.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.imperialviolet.org/2011/09/23/chromeandbeast.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.insecure.cl/Beast-SSL.rar
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/864643
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:058
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1151/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1160/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1151/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1160/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1151/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1160/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1004/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2011-443431.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1384.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49388
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49778
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029190
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025997
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026103
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026704
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1263-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_fetchmail
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719047
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737506
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-556833.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-006
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154861
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155432
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-02
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14752
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

178 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
73.3%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

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