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CVE-2011-3022

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Feb 16, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3022
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/319.html

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.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ChromeGoogle*17.0.963.56 (excluding)
ChromeGoogle19.0 (including)19.0.1036.7 (excluding)
Chromium-browserUbuntudevel*
Chromium-browserUbuntulucid*
Chromium-browserUbuntumaverick*
Chromium-browserUbuntunatty*
Chromium-browserUbuntuoneiric*
Chromium-browserUbuntuprecise*
Chromium-browserUbuntuquantal*
Chromium-browserUbunturaring*
Chromium-browserUbuntusaucy*
Chromium-browserUbuntutrusty*
Chromium-browserUbuntuutopic*
Chromium-browserUbuntuvivid*
Chromium-browserUbuntuwily*
Chromium-browserUbuntuxenial*
Chromium-browserUbuntuyakkety*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntudevel*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntumaverick*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntunatty*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntuoneiric*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntuprecise*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntuquantal*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbunturaring*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntusaucy*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntutrusty*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntuutopic*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntuvivid*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntuwily*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntuxenial*
Qtwebkit-sourceUbuntuyakkety*
WebkitUbuntuhardy*
WebkitUbuntulucid*
WebkitUbuntumaverick*
WebkitUbuntunatty*
WebkitUbuntuoneiric*
WebkitUbuntuprecise*
WebkitUbuntuquantal*
WebkitUbunturaring*
WebkitUbuntusaucy*
WebkitgtkUbuntuutopic*
WebkitgtkUbuntuvivid*

Potential Mitigations

References

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