CVE-2011-4447

The "encrypt wallet" feature in wxBitcoin and bitcoind 0.4.x before 0.4.1, and 0.5.0rc, does not properly interact with the deletion functionality of BSDDB, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain unencrypted private keys from Bitcoin wallet files by bypassing the BSDDB interface and reading entries that are marked for deletion.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs	Vendor Advisory
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=51604.0
http://bitcoin.org/releases/2011/11/21/v0.5.0.html
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=51474.0

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.1:rc6::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.5.0:rc::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.4.1:rc6::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.5.0:rc::::::

Information

Published : 2012-08-06 09:55

Updated : 2020-03-18 10:37

NVD link : CVE-2011-4447

Mitre link : CVE-2011-4447

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-310

Cryptographic Issues

Products Affected

bitcoin

wxbitcoin
bitcoin_core

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