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On 10 April 2014 06:33, Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@icloud.com> wrote:
>
> Going back to this original report of the vulnerability. Has it been esta=
blished with certainty that the attacker would first need MITM capability t=
o exploit the vulnerability? I'm asking this because MITM capability is not=
 something that just any attacker can do. Also if this is true then it can =
be argued that the severity of this vulnerabilty has be greatly exaggerated=
.

No, the attack does not rely on MITM.  The vulnerability is available
to anyone who can establish a connection.