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LND Onion Bomb

High
Roasbeef published GHSA-9gxx-58q6-42p7 Jun 20, 2024

Package

gomod lnd (Go)

Affected versions

< 0.17.0-beta

Patched versions

0.17.0-beta

Description

Impact

A parsing vulnerability in lnd's onion processing logic led to a DoS vector due to excessive memory allocation.

Patches

The issue was patched in lnd v0.17.0. Users should update to a version >= v0.17.0 to be protected.

References

Detailed blog post: https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/lnd-onion-bomb/

Developer discussion: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/dos-disclosure-lnd-onion-bomb/979

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2024-38359

Weaknesses

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