translate/translate_manager.cc in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.56 and 19.x before 19.0.1036.7 uses an HTTP session to exchange data for translation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3022
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15025
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=112236
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/chrome-stable-update.html
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/dev-channel-update_10.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48016
• http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=120113