Improper Input Validation Affecting sgminer-dev/sgminer package, versions [,5.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SGMINERDEVSGMINER-2367128
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Jul 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-4503  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade sgminer-dev/sgminer to version 5.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The parse_notify function in util.c in sgminer before 4.2.2 and cgminer 3.3.0 through 4.0.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (application exit) via a crafted (1) bbversion, (2) prev_hash, (3) nbit, or (4) ntime parameter in a mining.notify action stratum message.

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CVSS Base Scores

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