CVE-2013-4165
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-08-01 16:00
Modified
2024-09-16 20:12
Severity ?
Summary
The HTTPAuthorized function in bitcoinrpc.cpp in bitcoind 0.8.1 provides information about authentication failure upon detecting the first incorrect byte of a password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine passwords via a timing side-channel attack.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/25/5
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/2838
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2845
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/25/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/2838
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2845
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