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CVE-2023-40591

Denial of service via malicious p2p message in go-ethereum

Published: Sep 6, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-400
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 40.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. A vulnerable node, can be made to consume unbounded amounts of memory when handling specially crafted p2p messages sent from an attacker node. The fix is included in geth version `1.12.1-stable`, i.e, `1.12.2-unstable` and onwards. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected Products

ethereum
oss-projectaka cpp-ethereum, go-ethereum, go ethereum
go ethereumMixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library
go-ethereumMixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/developers/geth-developer/disclosures
geth.ethereum.org
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases/tag/v1.12.1
github.com
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-ppjg-v974-84cm
github.com
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