CVE-2024-39920

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional 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/

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

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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