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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2012.0016
BEAST SSL/TLS vulnerability identified in Oracle GlassFish Enterprirse
Server and Sun Java System Application Server
3 February 2012
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Oracle GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1.1
Sun Java System Application Server 8.1
Sun Java System Application Server 8.2
Operating System: Windows
AIX
Linux variants
Solaris
Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2011-3389
Member content until: Sunday, March 4 2012
Reference: ASB-2012.0003
ASB-2011.0092
ESB-2011.0979
OVERVIEW
A vulnerability has been identified in Oracle GlassFish Enterprise
Server 2.1.1 and Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 and 8.2. [1]
IMPACT
The vulnerability known as the "BEAST" attack, exists in the SSL/TLS
implementation of these products and "... allows man-in-the-middle
attackers to obtain plaintext HTTP headers via a blockwise chosen-
boundary attack (BCBA)on an HTTPS session...." [2]
MITIGATION
Fixes are available from Oracle to correct these issues. [1]
REFERENCES
[1] CVE-2011-3389 Chosen-plaintext attack against SSL/TLS in GlassFish
http://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_3389_chosen_plaintext2
[2] Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-3389
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-3389
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