CVE-2023-40591
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-06 18:07
Modified
2024-09-26 15:19
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://geth.ethereum.org/docs/developers/geth-developer/disclosuresProduct
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases/tag/v1.12.1Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-ppjg-v974-84cmThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/developers/geth-developer/disclosuresProduct
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases/tag/v1.12.1Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-ppjg-v974-84cmThird Party Advisory
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