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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2023-33297: Bitcoin: Denial of Service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2023-33297: Bitcoin: Denial of Service

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/22/2023
Created
08/08/2024
Added
08/08/2024
Modified
08/08/2024

Description

Bitcoin Core before 24.1, when debug mode is not used, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (e.g., CPU consumption) because draining the inventory-to-send queue is inefficient, as exploited in the wild in May 2023.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-p2p-bitcoind

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