CVE-2013-4165

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Aug 1, 2013
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Jun 12, 2013

Description

The 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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/2838
[oss-security] 20130725 Re: CVE request: timing leak in bitcoindmailing-list
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2845

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