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USN-6589-1 Not scored

filezilla vulnerability

Fabian Baeumer, Marcus Brinkmann and Joerg Schwenk discovered that the SSH protocol used in FileZilla is prone to a prefix truncation attack, known as the "Terrapin attack". A remote attacker could use this issue to downgrade or disable some security features and obtain sensitive information.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published January 18, 2024
Required by Not available
Last source change April 27, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS filezilla

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS filezilla

6 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities USN-6589-1

Fabian Baeumer, Marcus Brinkmann and Joerg Schwenk discovered that the SSH protocol used in FileZilla is prone to a prefix truncation attack, known as the "Terrapin attack". A remote attacker could use this issue to downgrade or disable some security features and obtain sensitive information.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence