GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69 Go Ethereum allows attackers to use manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks

MEDIUM Published 2022-08-06 Modified 2022-08-15 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2022-37450
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Reviewed
2022-08-11

Affected packages

• Go github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum: <= 1.10.21 (no fix yet)

Description

Go Ethereum (aka geth) through 1.10.21 allows attackers to increase rewards by mining blocks in certain situations, and using a manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks, aka Riskless Uncle Making (RUM), as exploited in the wild in 2020 through 2022.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2022-37450 Go Ethereum (aka geth) through 1.10.21 allows attackers to increase rewards by mining blocks in certain situations, and using a… vulnerability

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