In this paper, we introduce novel low-cost attacks against
the Xilinx 7-Series (and Virtex-6) bitstream encryption, resulting in the total loss of authenticity and confidentiality. We
exploit a design flaw which piecewise leaks the decrypted bitstream. In the attack, the FPGA is used as a decryption oracle,
while only access to a configuration interface is needed. The
attack does not require any sophisticated tools and, depending
on the target system, can potentially be launched remotely. In
addition to the attacks, we discuss several countermeasures.
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