GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-hg58-rf2h-6rr7 CometBFT is unstability during blocksync when syncing from malicious peer

MEDIUM Published 2024-06-28 Modified 2024-07-05 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/cometbft/cometbft
Severity
Moderate
Weaknesses
CWE-610
Reviewed
2024-06-28

Affected packages

• Go github.com/cometbft/cometbft: >= 0.37.0, < 0.37.7 → fixed in 0.37.7 • Go github.com/cometbft/cometbft: >= 0.38.0, < 0.38.8 → fixed in 0.38.8

Description

Name: ASA-2024-008: Instability during blocksync when syncing from malicious peer Component: CometBFT Criticality: Medium (ACMv1: I:Moderate; L: Possible) Affected versions: < v0.38.7 Summary An issue was identified for nodes syncing on an existing network during blocksync in which a malicious peer could cause the syncing peer to panic, enter into a catastrophic invalid syncing state or get stuck in blocksync mode, never switching to consensus. It is recommended for all clients to adopt this patch so that blocksync functions as expected and is tolerant of malicious peers presenting invalid data in this situation. Nodes that are vulnerable to this state may experience a Denial of Service condition in which syncing will not work as expected when joining a network as a client. Recognition This issue was reported to the Cosmos Bug Bounty Program on HackerOne on 5/01/24 by unknown_feature. If you believe you have found a bug in the Interchain Stack or would like to contribute to the program by reporting a bug, please see https://hackerone.com/cosmos. If you have questions about Interchain security efforts, please reach out to our official communication channel at [email protected]. For more information about CometBFT, please see https://docs.cometbft.com/. For more information about the Interchain Foundation’s engagement with Amulet, please see https://github.com/interchainio/security.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-610 Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere weakness

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