CVE-2020-26240
Erroneous Proof of Work calculation in geth
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Nov 25, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 1, 2020
Description
Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. An ethash mining DAG generation flaw in Geth before version 1.9.24 could cause miners to erroneously calculate PoW in an upcoming epoch (estimated early January, 2021). This happened on the ETC chain on 2020-11-06. This issue is relevant only for miners, non-mining nodes are unaffected. This issue is fixed as of 1.9.24
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-682 Incorrect Calculation
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
go-ethereumethereum |
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References
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