CVE-2024-32972: go-ethereum vulnerable to DoS via malicious p2p message

May 6, 2024

A vulnerable node can be made to consume very large amounts of memory when handling specially crafted p2p messages sent from an attacker node.

More in-depth details will be released at a later time.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/compare/v1.13.14...v1.13.15
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32972

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