CometBFT is a distributed, Byzantine fault-tolerant, deterministic state machine replication engine. In the `blocksync` protocol peers send their `base` and `latest` heights when they connect to a new node (`A`), which is syncing to the tip of a network. `base` acts as a lower ground and informs `A` that the peer only has blocks starting from height `base`. `latest` height informs `A` about the latest block in a network. Normally, nodes would only report increasing heights. If `B` fails to provide the latest block, `B` is removed and the `latest` height (target height) is recalculated based on other nodes `latest` heights. The existing code however doesn't check for the case where `B` first reports `latest` height `X` and immediately after height `Y`, where `X > Y`. `A` will be trying to catch up to 2000 indefinitely. This condition requires the introduction of malicious code in the full node first reporting some non-existing `latest` height, then reporting lower `latest` height and nodes which are syncing using `blocksync` protocol. This issue has been patched in versions 1.0.1 and 0.38.17 and all users are advised to upgrade. Operators may attempt to ban malicious peers from the network as a workaround.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0429-1 advisory.

    - Update to version 0.0.20250207T224745 2025-02-07T22:47:45Z.
      Refs jsc#PED-11136       Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
      * GO-2025-3456 CVE-2025-24786 GHSA-9r4c-jwx3-3j76
      * GO-2025-3457 CVE-2025-24787 GHSA-c7w4-9wv8-7x7c
      * GO-2025-3458 CVE-2025-24366 GHSA-vj7w-3m8c-6vpx

    - Update to version 0.0.20250206T175003 2025-02-06T17:50:03Z.
      Refs jsc#PED-11136       Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
      * GO-2023-1867 CVE-2022-47930 GHSA-c58h-qv6g-fw74
      * GO-2024-3244 CVE-2024-50354 GHSA-cph5-3pgr-c82g

    - Update to version 0.0.20250206T165438 2025-02-06T16:54:38Z.
      Refs jsc#PED-11136       Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
      * GO-2025-3428 CVE-2025-22867
      * GO-2025-3447 CVE-2025-22866

    - Update to version 0.0.20250205T232745 2025-02-05T23:27:45Z.
      Refs jsc#PED-11136       Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
      * GO-2025-3408
      * GO-2025-3448 GHSA-23qp-3c2m-xx6w
      * GO-2025-3449 GHSA-mx2j-7cmv-353c
      * GO-2025-3450 GHSA-w7wm-2425-7p2h
      * GO-2025-3454 GHSA-mj4v-hp69-27x5
      * GO-2025-3455 GHSA-vqv5-385r-2hf8

    - Update to version 0.0.20250205T003520 2025-02-05T00:35:20Z.
      Refs jsc#PED-11136       Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
      * GO-2025-3451

    - Update to version 0.0.20250204T220613 2025-02-04T22:06:13Z.
      Refs jsc#PED-11136       Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
      * GO-2025-3431 CVE-2025-24884 GHSA-hcr5-wv4p-h2g2
      * GO-2025-3433 CVE-2025-23216 GHSA-47g2-qmh2-749v
      * GO-2025-3434 CVE-2025-24376 GHSA-fc89-jghx-8pvg
      * GO-2025-3435 CVE-2025-24784 GHSA-756x-m4mj-q96c
      * GO-2025-3436 CVE-2025-24883 GHSA-q26p-9cq4-7fc2
      * GO-2025-3437 GHSA-274v-mgcv-cm8j
      * GO-2025-3438 CVE-2024-11741 GHSA-wxcc-2f3q-4h58
      * GO-2025-3442 CVE-2025-24371 GHSA-22qq-3xwm-r5x4
      * GO-2025-3443 GHSA-r3r4-g7hq-pq4f
      * GO-2025-3444 CVE-2024-35177
      * GO-2025-3445 CVE-2024-47770

    - Use standard RPM macros to unpack the source and populate a       working directory. Fixes build with RPM 4.20.

    - Update to version 0.0.20250130T185858 2025-01-30T18:58:58Z.
      Refs jsc#PED-11136       Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:
      * GO-2024-2842 CVE-2024-3727 GHSA-6wvf-f2vw-3425
      * GO-2024-3181 CVE-2024-9313 GHSA-x5q3-c8rm-w787
      * GO-2024-3188 CVE-2024-9312 GHSA-4gfw-wf7c-w6g2
      * GO-2025-3372 CVE-2024-45339 GHSA-6wxm-mpqj-6jpf
      * GO-2025-3373 CVE-2024-45341
      * GO-2025-3383 CVE-2024-45340
      * GO-2025-3408
      * GO-2025-3412 CVE-2024-10846 GHSA-36gq-35j3-p9r9
      * GO-2025-3420 CVE-2024-45336
      * GO-2025-3421 CVE-2025-22865
      * GO-2025-3424 CVE-2025-24369
      * GO-2025-3426 CVE-2025-0750 GHSA-hp5j-2585-qx6g
      * GO-2025-3427 CVE-2024-13484 GHSA-58fx-7v9q-3g56

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - CometBFT is a distributed, Byzantine fault-tolerant, deterministic state machine replication engine. In
    the `blocksync` protocol peers send their `base` and `latest` heights when they connect to a new node
    (`A`), which is syncing to the tip of a network. `base` acts as a lower ground and informs `A` that the
    peer only has blocks starting from height `base`. `latest` height informs `A` about the latest block in a
    network. Normally, nodes would only report increasing heights. If `B` fails to provide the latest block,
    `B` is removed and the `latest` height (target height) is recalculated based on other nodes `latest`
    heights. The existing code however doesn't check for the case where `B` first reports `latest` height `X`
    and immediately after height `Y`, where `X > Y`. `A` will be trying to catch up to 2000 indefinitely. This
    condition requires the introduction of malicious code in the full node first reporting some non-existing
    `latest` height, then reporting lower `latest` height and nodes which are syncing using `blocksync`
    protocol. This issue has been patched in versions 1.0.1 and 0.38.17 and all users are advised to upgrade.
    Operators may attempt to ban malicious peers from the network as a workaround. (CVE-2025-24371)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
216199	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : govulncheck-vulndb (SUSE-SU-2025:0429-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
420814	SCA: security update for github.com/cometbft/cometbft (GHSA-22qq-3xwm-r5x4)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
420814	SCA: security update for github.com/cometbft/cometbft (GHSA-22qq-3xwm-r5x4)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high

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