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CVE-2023-40591
high
Description
go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. A vulnerable node, can be made to consume unbounded amounts of memory when handling specially crafted p2p messages sent from an attacker node. The fix is included in geth version `1.12.1-stable`, i.e, `1.12.2-unstable` and onwards. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
References
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-ppjg-v974-84cm
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases/tag/v1.12.1
https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/developers/geth-developer/disclosures