Improper Input Validation Affecting github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth package, versions <1.8.14
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Integrity
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.07% (27th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMETHEREUMGOETHEREUMETH-472156
- published 8 Oct 2019
- disclosed 8 Sep 2018
- credit Chen Nan
Introduced: 8 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-16733 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth
to version 1.8.14 or higher.
Overview
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth is a package that implements the Ethereum protocol.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. TraceChain in eth/api_tracer.go
does not verify that the end block is after the start block.