CVE-2019-25072: Tendermint Client package vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

December 28, 2022 (updated December 30, 2022)

Due to support of Gzip compression in request bodies, as well as a lack of limiting response body sizes, a malicious server can cause a client to consume a significant amount of system resources, which may be used as a denial of service vector.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-3fm3-m23v-5r46
github.com/tendermint/tendermint/commit/03085c2da23b179c4a51f59a03cb40aa4e85a613
github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/3430
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25072
pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0037

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