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Gentoo: GLSA-202408-13 Normal: Ethereum Protocol Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey August 7, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Gentoo Security Team warns of a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Bitcoin software, urging immediate updates to prevent disruptions
A vulnerability has been discovered in Bitcoin, which can lead to a denial of service.

Summary

Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo threat upgrade instructions software security bitcoin

Resolution

All Bitcoin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/bitcoind-25.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-33297 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33297

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202408-12
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Bitcoin: Denial of Service
Date: August 07, 2024
Bugs: #908084
ID: 202408-12

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Bitcoin, which can lead to a denial of service.

Background

Bitcoin Core consists of both "full-node" software for fully validating the blockchain as well as a bitcoin wallet.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ---------------- ------------ ------------ net-p2p/bitcoind < 25.0 >= 25.0

Impact

Bitcoin Core, when debug mode is not used, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) because draining the inventory-to- send queue is inefficient, as exploited in the wild in May 2023.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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