High, CVSS 7.5npmAmendedPublished
Bitcoin Inventory Out-of-Memory Denial-of-Service Attack (CVE-2018-17145)
CVE-2018-17145 · GHSA-hx3r-jv9q-85jw
- Affected
- npm bcoin < 1.0.2
- Fixed in
- 1.0.2· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- There was an easily exploitable uncontrolled memory resource consumption denial-of-service vulnerability that existed in the peer-to-peer network code of three implementations of Bitcoin and several alternative chains. For more details please see: https://invdos.net/ For the paper: https://invdos.net/paper/CVE-2018-17145.pdf
Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.0.2 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.