GHSA-r33q-22hv-j29q

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r33q-22hv-j29q

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/06/GHSA-r33q-22hv-j29q/GHSA-r33q-22hv-j29q.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-r33q-22hv-j29q

Aliases

Published

2021-06-29T21:14:07Z

Modified

2026-09-10T03:49:26Z

Severity

6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

Denial of service in github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum

Details

Impact

A DoS vulnerability can make a LES server crash via malicious GetProofsV2 request from a connected LES client.

Patches

The vulnerability was patched in https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/21896.

Workarounds

This vulnerability only concerns users explicitly enabling les server; disabling les prevents the exploit. It can also be patched by manually applying the patch in https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/21896.

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

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2021-05-21T21:45:23Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}

References

Affected packages

Go / github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum

Package

Name: github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.9.25

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/06/GHSA-r33q-22hv-j29q/GHSA-r33q-22hv-j29q.json"