The Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Ethereum consensus protocol through 2021-10-19 allows an adversary to cause a denial of service (long-range consensus chain reorganizations), even when this adversary has little stake and cannot influence network message propagation. This can cause a protocol stall, or an increase in the profits of individual validators.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-10-20T19:27:43

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:38:50.211Z

Reserved: 2021-10-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-42766

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-10-20T20:15:07.517

Modified: 2021-10-26T19:36:00.247

Link: CVE-2021-42766

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