bitcoin Bitcoin-Qt up to 0.6.3 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in bitcoin Bitcoin-Qt. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2012-4684. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in bitcoin Bitcoin-Qt. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The alert functionality in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.7.0 supports different character representations of the same signature data, but relies on a hash of this signature, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a valid modified signature for a circulating alert.

The weakness was disclosed 03/12/2013 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at en.bitcoin.it. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-4684 since 08/28/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.3.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-61475, VDB-61471, VDB-61468 and VDB-61467 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Bitcoin-Qt 0.3.11

Timelineinfo

08/28/2012 🔍
03/12/2013 +196 days 🔍
03/12/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +742 days 🔍
02/25/2019 +1434 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: en.bitcoin.it
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2012-4684 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4684
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63727
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/25/2019 11:04
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (47), 02/25/2019 11:04 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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