The Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS (BEAST) attack was discovered in 2011. In a BEAST attack, the attacker uses CPA after exploiting a cipher block chaining vulnerability in TLS, by performing a man-in-the-middle attack. To defend against a BEAST attack, upgrade the TLS version.
BEAST attack (CVE-2011-3389)
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