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CVE-2024-39920

Published: Jul 3, 2024

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

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Description

The TCP protocol in RFC 9293 has a timing side channel that makes it easier for remote attackers to infer the content of one TCP connection from a client system (to any server), when that client system is concurrently obtaining TCP data at a slow rate from an attacker-controlled server, aka the "SnailLoad" issue. For example, the attack can begin by measuring RTTs via the TCP segments whose role is to provide an ACK control bit and an Acknowledgment Number.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://www.snailload.com

https://www.snailload.com/snailload.pdf

https://github.com/IAIK/SnailLoad

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9293.txt

https://www.tugraz.at/en/tu-graz/services/news-stories/tu-graz-news/singleview/article/neue-sicherheitsluecke-erlaubt-ueberwachung-besuchter-websites-und-angesehener-videos

https://twitter.com/tugraz/status/1805272833322299412

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40809629

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8wpO1UtExw/

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