# CVE-2011-3377: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary script or connect to unintended hosts via malicious applets in IcedTea-Web.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Feb 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3377, GHSA-cqp6-h2hr-w9xj, RHSA-2011:1441

## What is CVE-2011-3377?

CVE-2011-3377 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 5 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The web browser plug-in in IcedTea-Web 1.0.x before 1.0.6 and 1.1.x before 1.1.4 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy (SOP) and execute arbitrary script or establish network connections to unintended hosts via an applet whose origin has the same second-level domain, but a different sub-domain than the targeted domain.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3377?

It affects 3 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `icedtea-web` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.0.6-1.el6_1 |
| `icedtea-web-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.0.6-1.el6_1 |
| `icedtea-web-javadoc` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.0.6-1.el6_1 |

Products: Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Icedtea-Web.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-3377?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2011-3377 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-3377 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-3377 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 5 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3377/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3377/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3377
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3377
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-3377

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3377/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.