CVE-2023-40591
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2023-09-06T18:07:20.899Z
State: PUBLISHED
title: Denial of service via malicious p2p message in go-ethereum
problemTypes: descriptions: cweId: CWE-400
description: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
type: CWE
metrics: cvssV3_1: attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 7.5
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
version: 3.1
affected: vendor: ethereum
product: go-ethereum
versions: version: < 1.12.1-stable
status: affected
descriptions: value: 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.

source: advisory: GHSA-ppjg-v974-84cm
discovery: UNKNOWN