SB2023090652 - Denial of service in go-ethereum
Published: September 6, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023090652
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-2023-40591)
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 specially crafted p2p messages to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.