GHSA-vrcc-g6vj-mh5w

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    GHSA-vrcc-g6vj-mh5w

    Published: 18 Mar 2022Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary: Denial of service in go-ethereum

    Details: Go-Ethereum v1.10.9 was discovered to contain an issue which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via sending an excessive amount of messages to a node. This is caused by missing memory in the component /ethash/algorithm.go.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42219, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dYFSpNZPC0OV-n1mMqdc269u9yYU1XQy/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112110745137218798745&rtpof=true&sd=true

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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