Bitcoin Core up to 0.14.x Minimum Difficulty Header denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Bitcoin Core up to 0.14.x. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Minimum Difficulty Header Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-52916. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Bitcoin Core up to 0.14.x. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Minimum Difficulty Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Bitcoin Core before 0.15.0 allows a denial of service (OOM kill of a daemon process) via a flood of minimum difficulty headers.

It is possible to read the advisory at en.bitcoin.it. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-52916 since 11/18/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.15.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Core 0.15.0

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: en.bitcoin.it
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-52916 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-52916
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-284939

Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2024 07:49
Changes: 11/18/2024 07:49 (55)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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