PT-2020-8616 · Unknown+1 · Bitcoin Knots+2

Published 2018-07-27 · Updated 2023-08-30 · CVE-2018-17145

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: Bitcoin Core versions 0.16.0 through 0.16.1 Bitcoin Knots versions 0.16.0 through 0.16.1

Description: The issue allows remote denial of service via a flood of multiple transaction inv messages with random hashes. This can also affect other cryptocurrencies that were forked from Bitcoin Core after 2017-11-15.

Recommendations: For Bitcoin Core versions 0.16.0 through 0.16.1, update to version 0.16.2 or later to resolve the issue. For Bitcoin Knots versions 0.16.0 through 0.16.1, update to version 0.16.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the peer-to-peer network code to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2062

CVE-2018-17145

GHSA-HX3R-JV9Q-85JW

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Knots

References · 11

• 🔥 https://invdos.net/paper/CVE-2018-17145.pdf · Exploit
• https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17145 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17145 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hx3r-jv9q-85jw · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17145 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.2/doc/release-notes.md · Note
• https://github.com/bcoin-org/bcoin · Note
• https://github.com/bcoin-org/bcoin/security/advisories/GHSA-hx3r-jv9q-85jw · Note
• https://invdos.net · Note
• https://twitter.com/Brucelaing5/status/1696783894295806015 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/14598 · Telegram Post