CVE-2020-12821

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-12821
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-07 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-07-15 13:59:00 UTC
DescriptionGossipsub 1.0 does not properly resist invalid message spam, such as an eclipse attack or a sybil attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Protocol Gossipsub 1.0 All All All
Application Protocol Gossipsub 1.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
specs/gossipsub-v1.1.md at master · libp2p/specs · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Create 102-gossipsub-reports.md by daviddias · Pull Request #450 · ipfs/blog · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
specs/pubsub/gossipsub at master · libp2p/specs · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Eclipse attack vs. Sybil attack - Bitcoin Stack Exchange MISC bitcoin.stackexchange.com Third Party Advisory
gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPWuNBs8h6a8KamRvGqhTq5UDYJRQsEEy37zDKjujQQQm/Gossipsub... CONFIRM gateway.ipfs.io Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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