Description
Bitcoin Core before 24.1, when debug mode is not used, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (e.g., CPU consumption) because draining the inventory-to-send queue is inefficient, as exploited in the wild in May 2023.
References
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27586
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27623
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-24.1.md
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27610
- FEDORA-2023-1bae6b7751 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-3317c9b824 vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/visualbasic6/drain
- https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/issues/3243#issuecomment-1712575544
- https://x.com/123456/status/1711601593399828530