CVE-2017-9230

** DISPUTED ** The Bitcoin Proof-of-Work algorithm does not consider a certain attack methodology related to 80-byte block headers with a variety of initial 64-byte chunks followed by the same 16-byte chunk, multiple candidate root values ending with the same 4 bytes, and calculations involving sqrt numbers. This violates the security assumptions of (1) the choice of input, outside of the dedicated nonce area, fed into the Proof-of-Work function should not change its difficulty to evaluate and (2) every Proof-of-Work function execution should be independent. NOTE: a number of persons feel that this methodology is a benign mining optimization, not a vulnerability.
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cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-05-24 09:29

Updated : 2018-06-13 18:29


NVD link : CVE-2017-9230

Mitre link : CVE-2017-9230


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CWE
CWE-338

Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

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Products Affected

bitcoin

  • bitcoin