Could be interesting reading for DTV hackers! regards Antti -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [SE-2011-01] PoC code for digital SAT TV research released Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:30:41 +0100 From: Security Explorations <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Hello All, Last year, we disclosed information pertaining to security issues discovered as a result of our digital satellite TV research [1]. It's been over a year and we haven't received [2] information with respect to the status and impact of the vulnerabilities found in: - digital satellite TV set-top-boxes produced by Advanced Digital Broadcast [3], - DVB / MPEG chipsets manufactured by STMicroelectronics [4]. We haven't received important information from Conax AS [5] either. This in particular concerns a final security level assigned by the company to set-top boxes and secure DVB chipsets evaluated as part of Conax security / evaluation process. Conax "rigorous evaluation and testing regime" [6] missed serious security vulnerabilities potentially affecting 540 millions [7] of DVB / MPEG chipsets. Today, a new digital satellite TV platform starts in Poland. It is called NC+ [8] and it is apparently based on equipment / technology coming from several vendors, which were affected by security issues found as part of SE-2011-01 project. We take the above as a perfect opportunity to verify whether these vendors had learned anything from the results of our 1.5 years long research. We assume that they have and that in particular: - all of security issues discovered as part of our SE-2011-01 project have been properly resolved, - new equipment is considerably harder to hack or use for any SAT TV piracy purposes. We decided to release our Proof of Concept code developed as part of SE-2011-01 project [9]. Its source code is is available for download from the following location: http://www.security-explorations.com/en/SE-2011-01-details.html We believe that the security community and professionals involved in a development of digital satellite TV ecosystems should benefit the most from the release of our Proof of Concept code. Thank you. Best Regards, Adam Gowdiak --------------------------------------------- Security Explorations http://www.security-explorations.com "We bring security research to the new level" --------------------------------------------- References: [1] SE-2011-01 Security weaknesses in a digital satellite TV platform http://www.security-explorations.com/en/SE-2011-01.html [2] SE-2011-01 Vendors status http://www.security-explorations.com/en/SE-2011-01-status.html [3] Advanced Digital Broadcast http://www.adbglobal.com [4] STMicroelectronics http://www.st.com [5] Conax AS http://www.conax.com [6] Conax Security Evaluation Scheme http://www.conax.com/products-solutions/advanced-security-features/security-evaluation-scheme/ [7] Multimedia Convergence & ACCI Sector Overview, Philippe Lambinet, STMicroelectronics http://www.st.com/internet/com/CORPORATE_RESOURCES/COMPANY/COMPANY_PRESENTATION/5_mult_conv_acci_lambinet.pdf [8] NC+ Digital Satellite TV Plaform http://ncplus.pl/ [9] SE-2011-01 Proof of Concept Code (technical information) http://www.security-explorations.com/en/SE-2011-01-poc.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
