Incorrect Calculation Affecting github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus Open this link in a new tab package, versions <1.9.24
Attack Complexity
High
User Interaction
Required
Integrity
High
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snyk-id
SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMETHEREUMGOETHEREUMCONSENSUS-1045351
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published
25 Nov 2020
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disclosed
25 Nov 2020
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credit
Unknown
Introduced: 25 Nov 2020
CVE-2020-26240 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus
to version 1.9.24 or higher.
Overview
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus is a package that implements different Ethereum consensus engines.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Calculation. It could cause miners to erroneously calculate PoW in an upcoming epoch (estimated early January, 2021). This happened on the ETC chain on 2020-11-
06.
Note: This issue is relevant only for miners, non-mining nodes are unaffected.