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SCA: security update for github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 410478

Description

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

 - go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. Prior to 1.13.15,
 a vulnerable node can be made to consume very large amounts of memory when handling specially crafted p2p
 messages sent from an attacker node. The fix has been included in geth version `1.13.15` and onwards.
 (CVE-2024-32972)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 410478

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-32972

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-32972

cwe: CWE-400