80352 : Bitcoin-Qt for Windows Malformed Bitcoin Protocol Message Handling Remote Code Execution
Printer | http://osvdb.org/80352 | Email This | Edit Vulnerability

Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
3	573	about 1 year ago	10 months ago	5 times	75%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-03-16

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2012-1910" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Bitcoin-Qt 0.5.0.x before 0.5.0.5; 0.5.1.x, 0.5.2.x, and 0.5.3.x before 0.5.3.1; and 0.6.x before 0.6.0rc4 on Windows does not use MinGW multithread-safe exception handling, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted Bitcoin protocol messages.

Classification

Location: Location Unknown
Attack Type: Attack Type Unknown
Impact: Impact Unknown
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.5.3.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Bitcoin Project

Bitcoin-Qt for Windows

0.5.1

References

CVE ID: 2012-1910 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bitcoin.org/releases/2012/03/16/v0.5.3.1.html
http://freecode.com/projects/bitcoin/releases/342766
http://gavintech.blogspot.com/2012/03/full-disclosure-bitcoin-qt-on-windows.html
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=69120.0
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/8864019f6d88b13d3442843d9e6ebeb8dd938831

Credit

Not Available

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-08-07 | Disagree?

Comments

Add Comment Hide Add Comment

No Comments.

The database information may change without any notice. Use of the information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition, and there are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. In no event shall the copyright holder or distributor (OSVDB or OSF) be held liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use or spread of this information.