PT-2019-9741 · Pivx · Pivx

Published 2019-11-05 · Updated 2019-11-06 · CVE-2018-19156

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PIVX versions prior to 3.1.03

Description The issue allows a remote denial of service, which can be exploited by an attacker who acquires a small amount of stake or coins in the system. The attacker can send invalid headers or blocks, which are then stored on the victim's disk.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.1.03, update to version 3.1.03 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-19156

Affected Products

Pivx

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-19156 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19156 · Security Note
• http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf · Note
• https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806 · Note