CVE-2013-10006 Ziftr primecoin bitcoinrpc.cpp HTTPAuthorized timing discrepancy
An attacker can exploit timing discrepancies in HTTP authorization to potentially recover credentials, requiring a software upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-10006?
CVE-2013-10006 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ziftr primecoin, published on 1 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Ziftr primecoin up to 0.8.4rc1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function HTTPAuthorized of the file src/bitcoinrpc.cpp. The manipulation of the argument strUserPass/strRPCUserColonPass leads to observable timing discrepancy. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 0.8.4rc2 is able to address this issue. The patch is named cdb3441b5cd2c1bae49fae671dc4a496f7c96322. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217171.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-10006?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ziftrshop Primecoin.
How do I fix CVE-2013-10006?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-10006 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-10006 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-10006 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qf78-7rgr-8jf5.