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ID:4649 - Exploit for Resource management error in Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots - CVE-2018-17145
ID:4649 - Exploit for Resource management error in Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots - CVE-2018-17145
Published: September 23, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46673
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17145
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Knots
Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Knots
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources with the applicatoin. A remote attacker can flood the application with multiple transaction inv messages with random hashes and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack, aka INVDoS.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.