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GHSA-JM5C-RV3W-W83M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-06-29 21:13 – Updated: 2025-01-30 14:38

Summary

Denial of service in geth

Details

Impact

Denial-of-service (crash) during block processing

Details

Affected versions suffer from a vulnerability which can be exploited through the MULMOD operation, by specifying a modulo of 0: mulmod(a,b,0), causing a panic in the underlying library. The crash was in the uint256 library, where a buffer underflowed.

if `d == 0`, `dLen` remains `0`

and https://github.com/holiman/uint256/blob/4ce82e695c10ddad57215bdbeafb68b8c5df2c30/uint256.go#L451 will try to access index [-1].

The uint256 library was first merged in this commit, on 2020-06-08. Exploiting this vulnerabilty would cause all vulnerable nodes to drop off the network.

The issue was brought to our attention through a bug report, showing a panic occurring on sync from genesis on the Ropsten network.

It was estimated that the least obvious way to fix this would be to merge the fix into uint256, make a new release of that library and then update the geth-dependency.

https://github.com/holiman/uint256/releases/tag/v1.1.1 was made the same day,
PR to address the issue: https://github.com/holiman/uint256/pull/80
PR to update geth deps: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/21368

Patches

Upgrade to v1.9.18 or higher

Workarounds

Not at this time

References

https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in go-ethereum * Email us at security@ethereum.org

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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      "CWE-125",
      "CWE-191",
      "CWE-400"
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-05-21T21:50:44Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
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  "details": "### Impact\nDenial-of-service (crash) during block processing\n\n### Details\n\nAffected versions suffer from a vulnerability which can be exploited through the `MULMOD` operation, by specifying a modulo of `0`: `mulmod(a,b,0)`, causing a `panic` in the underlying library. \nThe crash was in the `uint256` library, where a buffer [underflowed](https://github.com/holiman/uint256/blob/4ce82e695c10ddad57215bdbeafb68b8c5df2c30/uint256.go#L442).\n\n\tif `d == 0`, `dLen` remains `0`\n\nand https://github.com/holiman/uint256/blob/4ce82e695c10ddad57215bdbeafb68b8c5df2c30/uint256.go#L451 will try to access index `[-1]`.\n\nThe `uint256` library was first merged in this [commit](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/cf6674539c589f80031f3371a71c6a80addbe454), on 2020-06-08. \nExploiting this vulnerabilty would cause all vulnerable nodes to drop off the network. \n\nThe issue was brought to our attention through a [bug report](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/21367), showing a `panic` occurring on sync from genesis on the Ropsten network.\n \nIt was estimated that the least obvious way to fix this would be to merge the fix into `uint256`, make a new release of that library and then update the geth-dependency.\n\n- https://github.com/holiman/uint256/releases/tag/v1.1.1 was made the same day, \n- PR to address the issue: https://github.com/holiman/uint256/pull/80 \n- PR to update geth deps: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/21368 \n\n\n\n### Patches\n\nUpgrade to v1.9.18 or higher\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNot at this time\n\n### References\n\nhttps://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [go-ethereum](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum)\n* Email us at [security@ethereum.org](mailto:security@ethereum.org)\n",
  "id": "GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m",
  "modified": "2025-01-30T14:38:53Z",
  "published": "2021-06-29T21:13:20Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m"
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/holiman/uint256/pull/80"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/7163a6664ee664df81b9028ab3ba13b9d65a7196"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/holiman/uint256/commit/6785da6e3eea403260a5760029e722aa4ff1716d"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release"
    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0103"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ],
  "summary": "Denial of service in geth"
}

CVE-2020-26242 (GCVE-0-2020-26242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-25 01:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:56

Title

Denial of service in geth

Summary

Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. In Geth before version 1.9.18, there is a Denial-of-service (crash) during block processing. This is fixed in 1.9.18.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

Denial-of-service

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_securit…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
ethereum	go-ethereum	Affected: < 1.9.18

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