CVE-2013-4165

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4165
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-08-02 12:10:40 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe HTTPAuthorized function in bitcoinrpc.cpp in bitcoind 0.8.1 provides information about authentication failure upon detecting the first incorrect byte of a password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine passwords via a timing side-channel attack.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.8.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mitigate Timing Attacks On Basic RPC Authorization by grayleonard · Pull Request #2845 · bitcoin/bitcoin · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Timing leak in RPC authentication · Issue #2838 · bitcoin/bitcoin · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: timing leak in bitcoind af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
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