SSLv2 DROWN Attack

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National Cyber Awareness System:

SSLv2 DROWN Attack [ https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2016/03/01/SSLv2-DROWN-Attack ] 03/01/2016 05:15 PM 
EST 
Original release date: March 01, 2016

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 obtain the private key of a server supporting SSLv2.

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Vulnerability Note VU#583776 [ 
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/583776 ] and the US-CERT OpenSSL Current Activity [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2016/03/01/OpenSSL-Releases-Security-Advisory ] for additional 
information and mitigation details.

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