Evmos Ethermint denial of service | CVE-2022-35936
NAME
Evmos Ethermint denial of service
- Platforms Affected:
Evmos Ethermint 0.17.1 - Risk Level:
8.2 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Denial of Service
DESCRIPTION
Evmos Ethermint is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the “DeleteAccount” function. By sending a specially-crafted request using the selfdestruct function to destroy a smart contract, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Network
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: None
- Integrity Impact: Low
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Official Fix
MITIGATION
Upgrade to the latest version of Ethermint (0.17.2 or later), available from the Ethermint GIT Repository. See References.
- Reference Link:
https://github.com/evmos/ethermint/security/advisories/GHSA-f92v-grc2-w2fg - Reference Link:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-35936
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