ckb Crate up to 0.39.x on Rust Nervos CKB Blockchain HashMap allocation of resources

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ckb Crate up to 0.39.x on Rust. This impacts the function HashMap of the component Nervos CKB Blockchain Handler. Such manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-45699. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in ckb Crate up to 0.39.x on Rust (Rust Package). Affected by this issue is the function HashMap of the component Nervos CKB Blockchain Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was presented 12/27/2021 as RUSTSEC-2021-0108. The advisory is shared for download at rustsec.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-45699 since 12/26/2021. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 0.40.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Rust Package

Name

• ckb Crate

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18
• 0.19
• 0.20
• 0.21
• 0.22
• 0.23
• 0.24
• 0.25
• 0.26
• 0.27
• 0.28
• 0.29
• 0.30
• 0.31
• 0.32
• 0.33
• 0.34
• 0.35
• 0.36
• 0.37
• 0.38
• 0.39

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