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4.3 Medium

CVE-2024-39920 The TCP protocol in RFC 9293 has a timing side channel that makes it easier for remote attackers to infer the content of…

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.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
n/a Versions not published
tcp 9293 No fix stated

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