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CVE-2011-3389
published 2011-09-06

CVE-2011-3389: The SSL protocol, as used in certain configurations in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, and other…

PriorityP345medium4.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCPINAN
EXPLOIT
EPSS
73.33%
99.4th percentile
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

42 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
apsispound>= 0 < 2.6-22.6-2
apsispound>= 0 < 2.6-22.6-2
apsispound>= 0 < 2.6-22.6-2
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debianasterisk< asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)
debianbouncycastle< asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)
debiancurl< asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianerlang< asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)
debiangnutls28< asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)
debianhaskell-tls< asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)
debianlighttpd< asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)
debiannss< asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)
debianpound< asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)
debianpython2.7< asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)asterisk 1:13.7.2~dfsg-1 (bullseye)
haxxcurl>= 0 < 7.24.0-17.24.0-1
haxxcurl>= 0 < 7.24.0-17.24.0-1
haxxcurl>= 0 < 7.24.0-17.24.0-1
haxxcurl>= 0 < 7.24.0-17.24.0-1
haxxcurl7.10.6 – 7.23.1
lighttpdlighttpd>= 0 < 1.4.30-11.4.30-1

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Detect BEAST attack by monitoring for blockwise chosen-boundary attack (BCBA) patterns on HTTPS sessions using CBC mode with chained initialization vectors
  • Monitor for exploitation attempts leveraging HTML5 WebSocket API, Java URLConnection API, or Silverlight WebClient API in conjunction with HTTPS sessions as these are the three JavaScript-based attack vectors for BEAST
  • Alert on recovery of cookie data from SSL/TLS 1.0 CBC sessions — authentication cookies are the primary targeted data in BEAST exploitation
  • Flag use of SSL/TLS 1.0 with CBC cipher suites on any network-exposed service; the attack requires the attacker to have access to the data stream between browser and server while the user visits a malicious website
  • Detect BEAST exploitation attempts via WebSocket-based attack vector; Red Hat noted this as one of two primary attack methods requiring network stream access
  • Detect BEAST exploitation attempts via malicious Java applet requiring circumvention of Same Origin Policy (SOP) controls in Java
  • Identify BEAST attack pattern: attacker makes a large number of requests over a period of time to statistically determine portions of plaintext data sent by the browser
  • ·The BEAST attack requires a man-in-the-middle position with access to the network data stream AND the victim visiting a malicious website simultaneously; it is not a purely passive attack
  • ·The Ruggedcom WIN firmware update (v4.4) does not fix the BEAST vulnerability itself — it only enables browser-side mitigations (1/n-1 record splitting) to function correctly with the device
  • ·Nessus 5.0.1 implemented a workaround for CVE-2011-3389 rather than a full fix, consistent with the broader industry approach of mitigating rather than patching the underlying SSL/TLS 1.0 CBC weakness
  • ·CVSS v3 score is 5.9 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) — high attack complexity reflects the requirement for MitM positioning and victim interaction

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv4.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.3MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu4.3MEDIUM
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