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.
CVE-2011-3389
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 73%
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 99.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 6, 2011
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (178)
- cve@mitrehttp://blog.mozilla.com/security/2011/09/27/attack-against-tls-protected-communications/
- cve@mitrehttp://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/09/26/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2588513.aspx
- cve@mitrehttp://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/09/26/is-ssl-broken-more-about-security-advisory-2588513.aspx
- cve@mitrehttp://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20120124B.html
- cve@mitrehttp://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2016-001.html
- cve@mitrehttp://ekoparty.org/2011/juliano-rizzo.php
- cve@mitrehttp://eprint.iacr.org/2004/111
- cve@mitrehttp://eprint.iacr.org/2006/136
- cve@mitrehttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html
- cve@mitrehttp://isc.sans.edu/diary/SSL+TLS+part+3+/11635
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00002.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00001.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2011-3389(7)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2013:1455Red Hat Product SecurityLow
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Network Satellite server IBM Java Runtime security update
- RHSA-2012:0508Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.5.0-ibm security update
- RHSA-2012:0343Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.4.2-ibm-sap security update
- RHSA-2012:0034Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.6.0-ibm security update
- RHSA-2012:0006Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.4.2-ibm security update
- RHSA-2011:1384Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.6.0-sun security update
- RHSA-2011:1380Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.6.0-openjdk security update
Patch Availability(8)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | openjdk-6-jre-lib (6b23~pre11-0ubuntu1.11.10) @ oneiric | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.14.0-1jpp.1.el5_9 | 2013-10-23 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.13.1-1jpp.2.el6_2 | 2012-04-23 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-0:1.4.2.13.11.sap-1jpp.1.el5 | 2012-02-29 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.10.0-1jpp.2.el5 | 2012-01-18 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.11-1jpp.1.el5 | 2012-01-09 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.29-1jpp.1.el5 | 2011-10-19 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.40.1.9.10.el6_1 | 2011-10-18 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
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Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCmpgn/BEAST-PoCFirst seen Mar 28, 2015
:muscle: Proof Of Concept of the BEAST attack against SSL/TLS CVE-2011-3389 :muscle:
Open source ↗ - Metasploitauxiliary/scanner/ssl/ssl_version✓ verifiedFirst seen Oct 14, 2014
SSL/TLS Version Detection
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