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Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:32:13 -0700
From: Ben Reser <ben@...er.org>
To: Tomas Hoger <thoger@...hat.com>
CC: Marcus Meissner <meissner@...e.de>,
OSS Security List <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: Re: Possible CVE request: subversion MD5 collision
authentication leak
On 8/4/14 12:38 PM, Tomas Hoger wrote:
> I believe the attack here is supposed to create a collision against MD5
> sums used as names of files under ~/.subversion/auth/svn.simple/.
> However, as attacker does not control realm strings for any of the
> trusted repositories, that would require preimage attack. The lack of
> (publicly) known efficient preimage attacks against MD5 should imply
> such attack is still only theoretical.
I think your understanding of the current state of MD5 collision attacks is out
of date. Chosen prefix attacks are possible. See:
http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/ChosenPrefixCollisions/
The MD5 hash is created off the data in the following format:
<$URL> $REALM
An attacker trying to take advantage of this only needs the $URL portion to
match their server. The $REALM can then be whatever data is required to make
the MD5 hash match the system they are trying to attack.
I know of nobody that has taken the time to generate a MD5 collision to take
advantage of this. But I'm pretty sure that it could be done.
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