CVE-2011-4108

Summary

CVECVE-2011-4108
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-01-06 01:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe DTLS implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8s and 1.x before 1.0.0f performs a MAC check only if certain padding is valid, which makes it easier for remote attackers to recover plaintext via a padding oracle attack.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.1c All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.2b All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.4 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.5 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.5a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6b All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6c All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6d All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6e All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6f All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6g All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6h All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6h bogus All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6i All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6j All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6k All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6l All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6m All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7b All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7c All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7d All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7e All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7f All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7g All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7h All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7i All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7j All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7k All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7l All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7m All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8b All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8c All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8d All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8e All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8f All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8g All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8h All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8i All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8j All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8k All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8l All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8m All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8n All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8o All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8p All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8q All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta5 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0b All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0c All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0d All All All
Application Openssl Openssl All All All All
Application Openssl Openssl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02734 SSRT100729 rev.1 - HP-UX Running OpenSSL, Remote Denial of Service (' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
HPSBMU02786 SSRT100877 rev.2 - HP System Management Homepage (SMH) Running on Linux, Windows, and VMware ESX, Remote Unauthorized Access, Disclosure of Information, Data Modification, Denial of Service (DoS), Execution of Arbitrary Code - c03360041 - HP Business Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20000.www2.hp.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
About the security content of OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.4 and Security Update 2013-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:006 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
CVE-2011-4108 OpenSSL Plain Text Recovery Attack Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.paloaltonetworks.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0320-1: critical: Security update for g af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA57260 - SUSE update for gnutls - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory3.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aix.software.ibm.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: mingw-openssl-1.0.1c-1.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2390-1 openssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20120104.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openssl.org Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA57353 - IBM Storage System DS8870 OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM Security Bulletin: Storage HMC OpenSSL upgrade to address cryptographic vulnerabilities. - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBMU02776 SSRT100852 rev.1 - HP Onboard Administrator (OA), Remote Unauthorize' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
APPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1 OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.4 and Security Update 2013-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:007 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/~kp/dtls.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.isg.rhul.ac.uk
Vulnerability Note VU#737740 - Fiery Network Controllers for Xerox DocuColor 242/252/260 Printer/Copier use a vulnerable version of OpenSSL af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0083-1: important: openssl: fixing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0084-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
'[security bulletin] HPSBOV02793 SSRT100891 rev.1 - HP OpenVMS running SSL, Remote Denial of Service' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 390226 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for Open Secure Sockets Layer (OpenSSL) (OVMSA-2021-0011)
  • 390284 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for Open Secure Sockets Layer (OpenSSL) (OVMSA-2023-0013)
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