Frontier
CVE-2021-39193
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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1DescriptionNVD
Frontier is Substrate's Ethereum compatibility layer. Prior to commit number 0b962f218f0cdd796dadfe26c3f09e68f7861b26, a bug in pallet-ethereum can cause invalid transactions to be included in the Ethereum block state in pallet-ethereum due to not validating the input data size. Any invalid transactions included this way have no possibility to alter the internal Ethereum or Substrate state. The transaction will appear to have be included, but is of no effect as it is rejected by the EVM engine. The impact is further limited by Substrate extrinsic size constraints. A patch is available in commit number 0b962f218f0cdd796dadfe26c3f09e68f7861b26. There are no workarounds aside from applying the patch.
AnalysisAI
Frontier is Substrate's Ethereum compatibility layer. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. Frontier is Substrate's Ethereum compatibility layer. Prior to commit number 0b962f218f0cdd796dadfe26c3f09e68f7861b26, a bug in pallet-ethereum can cause invalid transactions to be included in the Ethereum block state in pallet-ethereum due to not validating the input data size. Any invalid transactions included this way have no possibility to alter the internal Ethereum or Substrate state. The transaction will appear to have be included, but is of no effect as it is rejected by the EVM engine. The impact is further limited by Substrate extrinsic size constraints. A patch is available in commit number 0b962f218f0cdd796dadfe26c3f09e68f7861b26. There are no workarounds aside from applying the patch. Affected products include: Parity Frontier.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Frontier is Substrate's Ethereum compatibility layer. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exp
Frontier is an Ethereum compatibility layer for Substrate. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotel
Frontier is Substrate's Ethereum compatibility layer. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely e
Frontier is an Ethereum compatibility layer for Substrate. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remot
Frontier is Substrate's Ethereum compatibility layer. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely e
Frontier is Substrate's Ethereum compatibility layer. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely e
Same weakness CWE-20 – Improper Input Validation
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