SSLv2 DROWN Attack

Network traffic encrypted using an RSA-based SSL certificate may be decrypted if enough SSLv2 handshake data can be collected. Exploitation of this vulnerability—referred to as DROWN in public reporting—may allow a remote attacker to decrypt individual messages from a server supporting SSLv2...

Network traffic encrypted using RSA-based SSL certificates over SSLv2 may be decrypted by the DROWN attack

Overview Network traffic encrypted using an RSA-based SSL certificate may be decrypted if enough SSLv2 handshake data can be collected. This is known as the "DROWN" attack in the media. Description According to the researcher, "DROWN" is a new form of cross-protocol Bleichenbacher padding oracle...