ColossusCoinXT through 1.0.5 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks, which are stored on the victim's disk.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://medium.com/@dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806 | Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/ColossusCoinXT/ColossusCoinXT/compare/0223904...9666bb8 | Patch |
http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf | Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2019-03-21 09:00
Updated : 2019-11-06 08:45
NVD link : CVE-2018-19158
Mitre link : CVE-2018-19158
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CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Products Affected
colossusxt
- colossuscoinxt