GHSA-v592-xf75-856p

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v592-xf75-856p

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/06/GHSA-v592-xf75-856p/GHSA-v592-xf75-856p.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-v592-xf75-856p

Aliases

Related

CVE-2020-26240

Published

2021-06-29T21:12:56Z

Modified

2024-08-21T15:58:55.298721Z

Severity

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

Summary

Erroneous Proof of Work calculation in geth

Details

Impact

An ethash mining DAG generation flaw in Geth could cause miners to erroneously calculate PoW in an upcoming epoch (estimated early January, 2021). This happened on the ETC chain on 2020-11-06. This issue is relevant only for miners, non-mining nodes are unaffected.

Specific Go Packages Affected

github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus

Patches

This issue is also fixed as of 1.9.24. Thanks to @slavikus for bringing the issue to our attention and writing the fix.

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

{
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-682"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-05-21T21:52:58Z"
}

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

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.9.24