CVE-2023-40591 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Go-ethereum

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption5 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 45.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Ethereum Go-ethereumGithub.com Ethereum Go-ethereumEthereum GO Ethereum
Timeline
PublishedSep 6
Latest updateOct 25

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5ethereum/go-ethereum< 1.12.1-stable
▶NVDethereum/go_ethereum1.10.0 — 1.12.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Unbounded memory consumption in github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum↗2023-10-25
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OSV
Go-Ethereum vulnerable to denial of service via malicious p2p message↗2023-09-06
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CVEList
Denial of service via malicious p2p message in go-ethereum↗2023-09-06
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GHSA
Go-Ethereum vulnerable to denial of service via malicious p2p message↗2023-09-06
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