2018-07-30
ALT-BU-2018-3374-1
Branch p8 update bulletin.
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2020-09-10
Modified: 2024-11-21
Modified: 2024-11-21
CVE-2018-17145
Bitcoin Core 0.16.x before 0.16.2 and Bitcoin Knots 0.16.x before 0.16.2 allow remote denial of service via a flood of multiple transaction inv messages with random hashes, aka INVDoS. NOTE: this can also affect other cryptocurrencies, e.g., if they were forked from Bitcoin Core after 2017-11-15.
Severity: HIGH (7.5)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References:
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17145
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17145
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.2/doc/release-notes.md
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.2/doc/release-notes.md
- https://invdos.net
- https://invdos.net
- https://invdos.net/paper/CVE-2018-17145.pdf
- https://invdos.net/paper/CVE-2018-17145.pdf