ipfs/js-ipfs-bitswap · Security
Denial of Service in ipfs-bitswap
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-6fcr-9h9g-23fq
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 5.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
Versions of ipfs-bitswap prior to 0.24.1 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The package put unwanted blocks in the blockstore, which could be used to exhaust system resources in specific conditions.
Recommendation
Upgrade to version 0.24.1 or later.
CWEs
- CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption