PT-2023-10631 · Zerocoin · Libzerocoin

Presstab · Published 2023-03-06 · Updated 2024-05-17 · CVE-2017-20180

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:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Zerocoin libzerocoin (affected versions not specified)

Description A critical vulnerability has been found in the function CoinSpend::CoinSpend of the file CoinSpend.cpp of the component Proof Handler. The manipulation leads to insufficient verification of data authenticity.

Recommendations Apply a patch to fix this issue, specifically the patch identified as ce103a09ec079d0a0ed95475992348bed6e860de. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the CoinSpend::CoinSpend function until a patch is available.

Fix

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-345

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-20180

Affected Products

Libzerocoin

References · 9

• https://github.com/Zerocoin/libzerocoin/commit/ce103a09ec079d0a0ed95475992348bed6e860de · Patch
• https://github.com/Zerocoin/libzerocoin/pull/16 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-20180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20180 · Security Note
• https://vuldb.com/?id.222318 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/45593 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/45589 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/64324 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.222318 · Note