Go Ethereum up to 1.10.8 Message denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Go Ethereum up to 1.10.8. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Message Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2021-41173. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Go Ethereum up to 1.10.8. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was presented 10/26/2021 as GHSA-59hh-656j-3p7v. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-41173 since 09/15/2021. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.10.9 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch e40b37718326b8b4873b3b00a0db2e6c6d9ea738 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Go Ethereum 1.10.9
Patch: e40b37718326b8b4873b3b00a0db2e6c6d9ea738

Timelineinfo

09/15/2021 🔍
10/26/2021 +41 days 🔍
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10/30/2021 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-59hh-656j-3p7v
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2021-41173 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-41173
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-185443

Entryinfo

Created: 10/26/2021 23:25
Updated: 10/30/2021 23:07
Changes: 10/26/2021 23:25 (52), 10/30/2021 22:54 (2), 10/30/2021 23:07 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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