84542 : wxBitcoin / bitcoind Bitcoin Transaction Parsing Remote Overflow Bitcoin Creation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2010-07-29

Description

wxBitcoin and bitcoind are prone to an overflow condition. The program fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input resulting in an integer overflow. With a specially crafted transaction, a remote attacker can potentially create an excessive amount of bitcoins.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.3.11 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Bitcoin Project	wxBitcoin	0.3.10
Bitcoin Project	bitcoind	0.3.10

References

CVE ID: 2010-5139 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 84538 84539 84540 84541
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=822.0
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

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

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