go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. A vulnerable node, can be made to consume unbounded amounts of memory when handling specially crafted p2p messages sent from an attacker node. The fix is included in geth version `1.12.1-stable`, i.e, `1.12.2-unstable` and onwards. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-09-06T18:07:20.899Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:38:50.931Z

Reserved: 2023-08-16T18:24:02.393Z

Link: CVE-2023-40591

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-09-06T19:15:44.100

Modified: 2023-09-12T15:24:11.223

Link: CVE-2023-40591

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