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Echo: gnutls28: security update to 3.8.9-3+e1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 463382

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The SSL protocol, as used in certain configurations in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer,
 Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, and other products, encrypts data by using CBC mode with chained
 initialization vectors, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain plaintext HTTP headers via a
 blockwise chosen-boundary attack (BCBA) on an HTTPS session, in conjunction with JavaScript code that uses
 (1) the HTML5 WebSocket API, (2) the Java URLConnection API, or (3) the Silverlight WebClient API, aka a
 "BEAST" attack. (CVE-2011-3389)

Solution

Update the gnutls28 library and its related packages to version 3.8.9-3+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2011-3389

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 463382

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.39

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3389

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3389