PT-2019-9743 · Colossuscoinxt · Colossuscoinxt

Published 2019-03-17 · Updated 2019-11-06 · CVE-2018-19158

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 ColossusCoinXT versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.5

Description The issue allows a remote denial of service. An attacker can exploit this by acquiring a small amount of stake or coins in the system and sending invalid headers or blocks, which are then stored on the victim's disk.

Recommendations For ColossusCoinXT versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.5, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting the storage of invalid headers and blocks to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-19158

Affected Products

Colossuscoinxt

References · 7

• https://github.com/ColossusCoinXT/ColossusCoinXT/compare/0223904...9666bb8 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19158 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-19158 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-19158 · Vendor Advisory
• https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806 · Note
• http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf · Note
• https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-19158 · Note