Vulnerability CVE-2020-15091


Published: 2020-07-02

Description:
TenderMint from version 0.33.0 and before version 0.33.6 allows block proposers to include signatures for the wrong block. This may happen naturally if you start a network, have it run for some time and restart it (**without changing chainID**). A malicious block proposer (even with a minimal amount of stake) can use this vulnerability to completely halt the network. This issue is fixed in Tendermint 0.33.6 which checks all the signatures are for the block with 2/3+ majority before creating a commit.

Type:

CWE-347

(Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
2.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Tendermint -> Tendermint 

 References:
https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/commit/480b995a31727593f58b361af979054d17d84340
https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/4926
https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/security/advisories/GHSA-6jqj-f58p-mrw3

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