The encrypt wallet feature in wxBitcoin and bitcoind 0.4.x before 0.4.1, and 0.5.0rc, does not properly interact with the deletion functionality of BSDDB, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain unencrypted private keys from Bitcoin wallet files by bypassing the BSDDB interface and reading entries that are marked for deletion.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin_core | Bitcoin | 0.4.0 (including) | 0.4.0 (including) |
| Bitcoin_core | Bitcoin | 0.4.1-rc6 (including) | 0.4.1-rc6 (including) |
| Bitcoin_core | Bitcoin | 0.5.0-rc (including) | 0.5.0-rc (including) |
| Wxbitcoin | Bitcoin | 0.4.0 (including) | 0.4.0 (including) |
| Wxbitcoin | Bitcoin | 0.4.1-rc6 (including) | 0.4.1-rc6 (including) |
| Wxbitcoin | Bitcoin | 0.5.0-rc (including) | 0.5.0-rc (including) |
| Bitcoin | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
References
- http://bitcoin.org/releases/2011/11/21/v0.5.0.html
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=51474.0
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=51604.0
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
- http://bitcoin.org/releases/2011/11/21/v0.5.0.html
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=51474.0
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=51604.0
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs