Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-26264  

In go-ethereum before version 1.9.25, a denial-of-service vulnerability can make a LES server crash via malicious GetProofsV2 request from a connected LES client. This vulnerability only concerns users explicitly enabling the LES server; disabling LES prevents the exploit. The vulnerability was patched in version 1.9.25.

Severity Medium

Remote Yes

Type Denial of service

Description

In go-ethereum before version 1.9.25, a denial-of-service vulnerability can make a LES server crash via malicious GetProofsV2 request from a connected LES client. This vulnerability only concerns users explicitly enabling the LES server; disabling LES prevents the exploit. The vulnerability was patched in version 1.9.25.

AVG-1351 go-ethereum 1.9.24-2 Medium Vulnerable

https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-r33q-22hv-j29q
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/21896
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/bddd103a9f0af27ef533f04e06ea429cf76b6d46

Workaround
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This issue can be mitigated by disabling the LES server.