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Terrapin attack

The Terrapin attack is a cryptographic attack on the commonly used SSH protocol that is used for secure command-and-control throughout the Internet. The Terrapin attack can reduce the security of SSH by using a downgrade attack via man-in-the-middle interception. The attack works by prefix truncation; the injection and deletion of messages during feature…

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Affected software
implementations of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol including OpenSSH
Date discovered
19 December 2023; 2 years ago (2023-12-19)
Discoverer
Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, Jörg Schwenk (Ruhr University Bochum)

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Affected software · 1
Terrapin attack → implementations of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol including OpenSSH
CVE identifier · 1
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Date discovered · 1
Terrapin attack → 19 December 2023; 2 years ago (2023-12-19)
Discoverer · 1
Terrapin attack → Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, Jörg Schwenk (Ruhr University Bochum)
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Terrapin attack → https://terrapin-attack.com/
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Terrapin attack → cryptographic attack on the commonly used SSH protocol that is used for secure command-and-control throughout the Internet

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Terrapin attackAffected softwareimplementations of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol including OpenSSH1.00infobox
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Terrapin attackDate discovered19 December 2023; 2 years ago (2023-12-19)1.00infobox
Terrapin attackDiscovererFabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, Jörg Schwenk (Ruhr University Bochum)1.00infobox
Terrapin attackWebsitehttps://terrapin-attack.com/1.00infobox
Terrapin attackis acryptographic attack on the commonly used SSH protocol that is used for secure command-and-control throughout the Internet0.90text

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