PT-2020-12435 · Protocol · Go-Ipfs

Published 2020-11-02 · Updated 2024-06-04 · CVE-2020-10937

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 go-ipfs versions prior to 0.7

Description An issue allows an attacker to generate ephemeral identities and leverage the connection management reputation system to poison other nodes' routing tables, effectively eclipsing target nodes from the rest of the network.

Recommendations For go-ipfs versions prior to 0.7, update to version 0.7 or later to mitigate the issue.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-10937

GHSA-R23H-3JMW-Q7HR

GO-2024-2779

Affected Products

Go-Ipfs

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-r23h-3jmw-q7hr · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2024-2779 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10937 · Vendor Advisory
• https://blog.ipfs.io/2020-10-30-dht-hardening · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10937 · Security Note
• https://graz.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-disrupting-the-interplanetary-file-sys · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r23h-3jmw-q7hr · Note