Vulnerability CVE-2013-3220


Published: 2013-08-02

Description:
bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.9rc2, 0.5.x before 0.5.8rc2, 0.6.x before 0.6.5rc2, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3rc2, and wxBitcoin, do not properly consider whether a block's size could require an excessive number of database locks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (split) and enable certain double-spending capabilities via a large block that triggers incorrect Berkeley DB locking.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.4/10
4.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Bitcoin -> Bitcoin-qt 
Bitcoin -> Bitcoind 
Bitcoin -> Qitcoin-qt 

 References:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0050

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