#VU46673 Resource management error in Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots - CVE-2018-17145
Published: September 14, 2020 / Updated: September 23, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46673
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17145
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Knots
Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Knots
Software vendor:
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Knots
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Knots
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.