PT-2013-4236 · Bitcoin+1 · Bitcoin-Qt+2

Eleuthria + 4 · Published 2013-08-01 · Updated 2020-03-18 · CVE-2013-3220

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt versions prior to 0.4.9rc2 bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt versions 0.5.x prior to 0.5.8rc2 bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt versions 0.6.x prior to 0.6.5rc2 bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt versions 0.7.x prior to 0.7.3rc2 wxBitcoin (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and enable certain double-spending capabilities via a large block that triggers incorrect Berkeley DB locking, due to improper consideration of whether a block's size could require an excessive number of database locks.

Recommendations For bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt versions prior to 0.4.9rc2, update to version 0.4.9rc2 or later. For bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt versions 0.5.x prior to 0.5.8rc2, update to version 0.5.8rc2 or later. For bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt versions 0.6.x prior to 0.6.5rc2, update to version 0.6.5rc2 or later. For bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt versions 0.7.x prior to 0.7.3rc2, update to version 0.7.3rc2 or later. For wxBitcoin, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-3220

Affected Products

Bitcoin-Qt

Bitcoind

Wxbitcoin

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3220 · Security Note
• https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0050 · Vendor Advisory
• https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures · Vendor Advisory