ghsa-425c-ccf3-3jrr
Vulnerability from github
Published
2019-11-15 23:10
Modified
2021-01-08 19:57
Severity ?
5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
Critical severity vulnerability that affects slpjs
Details

Validator parsing discrepancy due to string encoding

Impact

A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the slpjs npm package. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a hard-fork from the SLP consensus.

Patches

All versions > 0.21.3 are patched.

Workarounds

Upgrade to any version >= 0.21.4.

References

The bug was located and fixed here.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in the slpjs repo * Email us at info@slp.cash

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-16762"
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  "details": "## Validator parsing discrepancy due to string encoding\n\n### Impact\nA specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the slpjs npm package. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a hard-fork from the SLP consensus.\n\n### Patches\nAll versions \u003e 0.21.3 are patched.\n\n### Workarounds\nUpgrade to any version \u003e= 0.21.4.\n\n### References\nThe bug was located and fixed [here](https://github.com/simpleledger/slpjs/commit/ac8809b42e47790a6f0205991b36f2699ed10c84#diff-fe58606994c412ba56a65141a7aa4a62L701).\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in the [slpjs repo](https://github.com/simpleledger/slpjs/issues)\n* Email us at [info@slp.cash](mailto:info@slp.cash)",
  "id": "GHSA-425c-ccf3-3jrr",
  "modified": "2021-01-08T19:57:59Z",
  "published": "2019-11-15T23:10:35Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ],
  "summary": "Critical severity vulnerability that affects slpjs"
}


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