Stellar-core Fixes Race Condition Issue Affecting Network Core Nodes
CVE-2024-32985

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Stellar

Status
Stellar-core
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 May 2024

What is CVE-2024-32985?

Stellar-core is a reference implementation for the peer-to-peer agent that manages the Stellar network. Prior to 20.4.0, core nodes could be randomly crashed due to a race condition with a 3rd party library. The likelihood of affecting the network is low since crashed nodes come back up online right away. Code fix mitigation is part of Stellar-core v20.4.0 release

Affected Version(s)

stellar-core < 20.4.0

References

https://github.com/stellar/stellar-core/security/advisori...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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