qtum through 0.16 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks. The attack requires no stake and can fill the victim's disk and RAM.
References
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https://medium.com/@dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806 | Third Party Advisory |
http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2019-10-29 13:15
Updated : 2019-11-06 11:49
NVD link : CVE-2018-19151
Mitre link : CVE-2018-19151
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Products Affected
qtum
- qtum