GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/08/GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69/GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69
- Aliases
- Published
- 2022-08-06T00:00:36Z
- Modified
- 2023-11-08T04:10:08.624430Z
- Severity
-
- 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Go Ethereum allows attackers to use manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks
- Details
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Go Ethereum (aka geth) through 1.10.21 allows attackers to increase rewards by mining blocks in certain situations, and using a manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks, aka Riskless Uncle Making (RUM), as exploited in the wild in 2020 through 2022.
- Database specific
{ "nvd_published_at": "2022-08-05T21:15:00Z", "severity": "MODERATE", "github_reviewed_at": "2022-08-11T16:51:45Z", "github_reviewed": true, "cwe_ids": [] }- References
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37450
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94
- https://medium.com/@aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896
- http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043
Affected packages
Go / github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
Package
- Name
- github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
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- Purl
- pkg:golang/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum