SB2020121520 - Denial of service in geth
Published: December 15, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020121520
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26264)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted GetProofsV2 request and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.