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Keystream recovery for arbitrary frames in TETRA

Published Oct 19, 2023

Description

Adversary-induced keystream re-use on TETRA air-interface encrypted traffic using any TEA keystream generator. IV generation is based upon several TDMA frame counters, which are frequently broadcast by the infrastructure in an unauthenticated manner. An active adversary can manipulate the view of these counters in a mobile station, provoking keystream re-use. By sending crafted messages to the MS and analyzing MS responses, keystream for arbitrary frames can be recovered.

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Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner NCSC-NL
Published Oct 19, 2023
Updated Aug 3, 2024
Reserved Feb 4, 2022
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a