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Bitcoin Qt CVE-2013-3220

MEDIUM
Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)
2013-08-02 cve@mitre.org
6.4
CVSS 2.0 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
P
Availability
P

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Aug 02, 2013 - 12:10 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.4

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

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. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-399. 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. Affected products include: Bitcoin Bitcoin-Qt, Bitcoin Bitcoin Core, Bitcoin Bitcoind, Bitcoin Qitcoin-Qt. Version information: before 0.4.9.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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