PT-2013-3639 · Bitcoin+1 · Bitcoin-Qt+2

Published 2013-03-12 · Updated 2020-03-18 · CVE-2013-2292

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt versions 0.8.0 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by mining a block to create a nonstandard Bitcoin transaction containing multiple OP CHECKSIG script opcodes, leading to increased electricity consumption.

Recommendations For versions 0.8.0 and earlier, update to a version later than 0.8.0 to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-2074

CVE-2013-2292

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Bitcoin-Qt

Bitcoind

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2292 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2292 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2293 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-2074 · Vendor Advisory
• https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs · Vendor Advisory
• https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=140078 · Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2013-2292 · Note