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 products, encrypts data by using CBC mode with chained initialization vectors, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain plaintext HT...

GLSA-201111-02 : Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST)

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201111-02 Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in the Oracle Java implementation. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below and the associated Oracle Critical Patch Update...

Google Fixes 27 Bugs in Chrome 15

Google has fixed more than two dozen vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser and also implemented a defense against the BEAST SSL attack. The bugs fixed in the new version of Chrome include 11 high-severity flaws. As part of its bug bounty program, Google paid more than $26,000 in rewards to...

Chrome Stable Release

The Google Chrome team is happy to announce the arrival of Chrome 15.0.874.102 to the Stable Channel for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. Chrome 15 contains some really great improvements including a new New Tab page. You can read about it more on the Google Chome blog. Security fixes and...

HTTPS: block-wise chosen-plaintext attack against SSL/TLS (BEAST)

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 HT...

RHEL 5 / 6 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (RHSA-2011:1380)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1380 advisory. These packages provide the OpenJDK 6 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 6 Software Development Kit. A flaw was found in the Java R...

It's Time For an Apple Patch Tuesday

If there’s one thing that can be said about Apple, it’s that the company operates on its own timeline. It does what it pleases at whatever time suits it, and the customers appear. Actually, they don’t simply appear, they wait expectantly and move as one when asked. This has proven to be enormousl...

Security Solutions for Beast attack against SSL/TLS Vulnerability

Security Solutions for Beast attack against SSL/TLS Vulnerability Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong presented a new attack on Transport Layer Security TLS at the Ekoparty security conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The researchers found that encryption, which should protect us, when we connect to...

Security Solutions for Beast attack against SSL/TLS Vulnerability

Security Solutions for Beast attack against SSL/TLS Vulnerability Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong presented a new attack on Transport Layer Security TLS at the Ekoparty security conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The researchers found that encryption, which should protect us, when we connect to...

Firefox Java update ready to stop BEAST attacks

Firefox Java update ready to stop BEAST attacks Firefox developers searching for a way to protect users against a new attack that decrypts sensitive web traffic are seriously considering an update that stops the open-source browser from working with Oracle's Java software framework. Johnath, the...

Firefox Java update ready to stop BEAST attacks

Firefox Java update ready to stop BEAST attacks Firefox developers searching for a way to protect users against a new attack that decrypts sensitive web traffic are seriously considering an update that stops the open-source browser from working with Oracle's Java software framework. Johnath, the...

SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 allow chosen plaintext attack in CBC modes

Overview A vulnerability in the specification of the SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 protocols could allow an attacker to decrypt encrypted traffic. Description The Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transport Layer Security TLS protocols are commonly used to provide authentication, encryption, integrity, and...

HTTPS SSL encryption Vulnerable To Crypto Attack

HTTPS SSL encryption Vulnerable To Crypto Attack The secure sockets layer SSL and transport layer security TLS encryption protocol, used by millions of websites to secure Web communications via HTTPS, is vulnerable to being decrypted by attackers. Researchers have discovered a serious weakness in...

HTTPS SSL encryption Vulnerable To Crypto Attack

HTTPS SSL encryption Vulnerable To Crypto Attack The secure sockets layer SSL and transport layer security TLS encryption protocol, used by millions of websites to secure Web communications via HTTPS, is vulnerable to being decrypted by attackers. Researchers have discovered a serious weakness in...

New Attack Breaks Confidentiality Model of SSL, Allows Theft of Encrypted Cookies

Two researchers have developed a new attack on TLS 1.0/SSL 3.0 that enables them to decrypt client requests on the fly and hijack supposedly confidential sessions with sensitive sites such as online banking, e-commerce and payment sites. The attack breaks the confidentiality model of the protocol...

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 products, encrypts data by using CBC mode with chained initialization vectors, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain plaintext HT...

DEBIAN-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 products, encrypts data by using CBC mode with chained initialization vectors, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain plaintext HT...

Session fixation

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 HT...

PSF-2011-3 ssl CBC IV attack

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 HT...

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 products, encrypts data by using CBC mode with chained initialization vectors, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain plaintext HT...