CVE-2020-26242 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2020-11-25

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

ethereum

go-ethereum

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< 1.9.18`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-1345	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m	Denial of service in geth

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00509.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m

History

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Subscriptions

Ethereum Go Ethereum

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2020-11-25T01:25:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:56:03.570Z

Reserved: 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-26242

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-25T02:15:11.127

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:19:37.950

Link: CVE-2020-26242

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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