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Date:      Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:04:12 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Andrea Campi <andrea@webcom.it>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/crypto/openssh rsa.c rsa.h ssh-agent.c sshconnect1.c sshd.c
Message-ID:  <20010212030412.A29837@mollari.cthul.hu>
In-Reply-To: <20010212114505.B631@webcom.it>; from andrea@webcom.it on Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:45:06AM %2B0100
References:  <200102120644.f1C6iqj18540@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010212114505.B631@webcom.it>

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On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:45:06AM +0100, Andrea Campi wrote:
> >   Modified files:
> >     crypto/openssh       rsa.c rsa.h ssh-agent.c sshconnect1.c=20
> >                          sshd.c=20
> >   Log:
> >   Patches backported from later development version of OpenSSH which pr=
event
> >   (instead of just mitigating through connection limits) the Bleichenba=
cher
> >   attack which can lead to guessing of the server key (not host key) by
> >   regenerating it when an RSA failure is detected.
>=20
> Haven't actually tested this given -CURRENT breakage so I might say somet=
hing
> stupid but...
>=20
> What happens if an attacker is able to trigger regeneration tens or hundr=
eds of
> times per second? I think there is opportunity for a DOS if this isn't do=
ne
> properly!

Connections are rate-limited - we tested this and found it not to be an iss=
ue.

Kris

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