CVE-2012-4684
Description
The alert functionality in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.7.0 supports different character representations of the same signature data, but relies on a hash of this signature, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a valid modified signature for a circulating alert.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitcoin | bitcoin-qt | 0.6.3 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.3.4 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.3.5 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.3.8 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.3.10 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.3.11 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.3.12 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.0 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.1 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.2 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.3 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.4 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.5 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.6 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.7 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.0 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.3 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.3.1 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.4 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.5 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.6 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.1 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.2 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.3 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.4 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.5 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.6 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.7 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.8 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.1 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.2 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoind | 0.6.3 | |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.3.4 | |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.3.5 | |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.3.8 | |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.3.10 | |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.3.11 | |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.4.0 | |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.4.1 | |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.5.0 | |
References
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=148109.0
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8392.0
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVE-2012-4684
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=148109.0
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8392.0
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVE-2012-4684
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.