{"schema_version":"1.3.1","id":"GO-2024-2951","modified":"2024-07-02T17:39:03Z","published":"2024-07-02T17:39:03Z","aliases":["GHSA-hg58-rf2h-6rr7"],"summary":"Denial of service when syncing with a malicious peer in github.com/cometbft/cometbft","details":"A malicious peer can cause a syncing node to panic during blocksync. The syncing node may enter into a catastrophic invalid syncing state or get stuck in blocksync mode, never switching to consensus. Nodes that are vulnerable to this state may experience a Denial of Service condition in which syncing will not work as expected when joining a network as a client.","affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/cometbft/cometbft","ecosystem":"Go"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.37.0"},{"fixed":"0.37.7"},{"introduced":"0.38.0"},{"fixed":"0.38.8"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"imports":[{"path":"github.com/cometbft/cometbft/blocksync","symbols":["BlockPool.OnStart","BlockPool.RedoRequest","BlockPool.RemovePeerAndRedoAllPeerRequests","BlockPool.SetPeerRange","BlockPool.removeTimedoutPeers","NewBlockPool","NewReactor","Reactor.OnStart","Reactor.Receive","Reactor.SwitchToBlockSync"]}]}}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft/security/advisories/GHSA-hg58-rf2h-6rr7"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft/commit/07866e11139127e415bd0339ac377b6e6a845533"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft/commit/8ba2e4f52d5e626e019501ba6420cc86d5de7857"}],"credits":[{"name":"unknown_feature"}],"database_specific":{"url":"https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2951","review_status":"REVIEWED"}}