CVE-2013-3220

Medium

Description

bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.9rc2, 0.5.x before 0.5.8rc2, 0.6.x before 0.6.5rc2, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3rc2, and wxBitcoin, do not properly consider whether a block's size could require an excessive number of database locks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (split) and enable certain double-spending capabilities via a large block that triggers incorrect Berkeley DB locking.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.4
Exploit probability—
ProductBitcoin-qt
PublishedAug 2, 2013
First seenAug 2, 2013

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
bitcoin bitcoin-qtv ≤ 0.4.9, 0.4, 0.4.8, 0.5.0, 0.5.0.4, 0.5.1, 0.5.3.0, 0.5.7, 0.5.8, 0.6.0.10, 0.6.3, 0.7.0, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.3—
bitcoin bitcoin_coreNo range specified, 0.3.4, 0.3.5, 0.3.8, 0.3.10, 0.3.11, 0.3.12, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.3, 0.4.4, 0.4.5, 0.4.6, 0.4.7, 0.5.0, 0.5.3, 0.5.3.1, 0.5.4, 0.5.5, 0.5.6, 0.6.0.1, 0.6.0.2, 0.6.0.3, 0.6.0.4, 0.6.0.5, 0.6.0.6, 0.6.0.7, 0.6.0.8, 0.6.1, 0.6.2—
bitcoin bitcoindv ≤ 0.4.9, 0.4.4, 0.5.7, 0.5.8, 0.6.0.0, 0.6.0.10, 0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.7.0, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.3—
bitcoin qitcoin-qt0.6.4, 0.6.5—

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