CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-42765

Published: Oct 20, 2021 | Modified: Oct 26, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Ethereum consensus protocol through 2021-10-19 allows an adversary to leverage network delay to cause a denial of service (indefinite stalling of consensus decisions).

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Proof-of-stake_ethereum Proof-of-stake_ethereum_project * 2021-10-19 (including)

References