CVE-2011-4108

medium

Published 2012-01-06 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

The 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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.0.0f-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.0.0f-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.0.0f-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.0.0f-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.0.0f-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
openssl	openssl	`{"endIncluding":"0.9.8r"}`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.1c`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.2b`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.4`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.5`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.5a`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6a`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6b`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6c`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6d`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6e`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6f`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6g`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6h`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6i`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6j`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6k`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6l`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.6m`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7a`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7b`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7c`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7d`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7e`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7f`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7g`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7h`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7i`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7j`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7k`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7l`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.7m`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8a`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8b`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8c`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8d`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8e`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8f`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8g`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8h`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8i`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8j`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8k`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8l`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8m`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8n`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8o`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8p`
openssl	openssl	`0.9.8q`
openssl	openssl	`1.0.0`
openssl	openssl	`1.0.0a`
openssl	openssl	`1.0.0b`
openssl	openssl	`1.0.0c`
openssl	openssl	`1.0.0d`

References

CWEs

CWE-310

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