Headline:
CVE-2024-52922 - Hindered block propagation due to stalling peers
Summary:
This lead was identified from Bitcoin Core Blog. It has been saved for accountability coverage and should be reviewed against the original source before expansion.
What the record says:
The source headline is: CVE-2024-52922 - Hindered block propagation due to stalling peers. The source summary says: Before Bitcoin Core v25.1, an attacker can cause a node to not download the latest block. This issue is considered Medium severity. Details When receiving a new block announcement via a headers or compact blocks message, the delivering peer is requested either the full block or missing transaction details by the receiving node. If the announcing peer then doesn’t respond as the peer to peer protocol requires, the affected Bitcoin Core node will wait up to 10 minutes before disconnecting the peer and making another block download attempt. If the attacker is able to make multiple incoming or outgoing connections, this process can be repeated. Delaying block delivery can cause network degradation by slowing down network convergence, making mining payouts less fair, and causing liveliness issues. This issue was further exacerbated by other issues disclosed recently (for instance the inventor
Why it matters:
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What is not yet proven:
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Source:
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2024/11/05/cb-stall-hindering-propagation/
AI writer note: OPENAI_API_KEY is empty, so this was generated with the built-in safe fallback writer.