CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-12821

Gossipsub 1.0 does not properly resist invalid message spam, such as an eclipse attack or a sybil attack.

7.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/61151/eclipse-attack-vs-sybil-attack Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libp2p/specs/tree/master/pubsub/gossipsub Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/pubsub/gossipsub/gossipsub-v1.1.md Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ipfs/blog/pull/450 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPWuNBs8h6a8KamRvGqhTq5UDYJRQsEEy37zDKjujQQQm/Gossipsub%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf Exploit Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:protocol:gossipsub:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-07-07 08:15

Updated : 2020-07-15 01:59

NVD link : CVE-2020-12821

Mitre link : CVE-2020-12821

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo