SB2012021602 - Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Techland Chrome
Published: February 16, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012021602
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cleartext transmission of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3022)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=112236
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/chrome-stable-update.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/dev-channel-update_10.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48016
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=120113
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15025