CVE-2012-3789 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by hanging the Bitcoin client process via network interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-3789?
CVE-2012-3789 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core, published on 6 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.7rc3, 0.5.x before 0.5.6rc3, 0.6.0.x before 0.6.0.9rc1, and 0.6.x before 0.6.3rc1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via unknown behavior on a Bitcoin network.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3789?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bitcoin Bitcoin Core.
How do I fix CVE-2012-3789?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3789 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-3789 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3789 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4rmp-r9gg-9c63.