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CVE-2020-12821

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

Gossipsub 1.0 does not properly resist invalid message spam, such as an eclipse attack or a sybil attack.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published7/7/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

protocol:gossipsub

References

https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/61151/eclipse-attack-vs-sybil-attack(cve@mitre.org)

https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPWuNBs8h6a8KamRvGqhTq5UDYJRQsEEy37zDKjujQQQm/Gossipsub%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/ipfs/blog/pull/450(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/pubsub/gossipsub/gossipsub-v1.1.md(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/libp2p/specs/tree/master/pubsub/gossipsub(cve@mitre.org)

https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/61151/eclipse-attack-vs-sybil-attack(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPWuNBs8h6a8KamRvGqhTq5UDYJRQsEEy37zDKjujQQQm/Gossipsub%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/ipfs/blog/pull/450(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/pubsub/gossipsub/gossipsub-v1.1.md(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/libp2p/specs/tree/master/pubsub/gossipsub(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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