4.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2013-4165

Published: 02/08/2013 Updated: 18/03/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

The HTTPAuthorized function in bitcoinrpc.cpp in bitcoind 0.8.1 provides information about authentication failure upon detecting the first incorrect byte of a password, which makes it easier for remote malicious users to determine passwords via a timing side-channel attack.

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Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #717828 bitcoin: CVE-2013-4165 timing attacc against HTTPAuthorized function Package: bitcoin; Maintainer for bitcoin is Debian Cryptocoin Team <team+cryptocoin@trackerdebianorg>; Reported by: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutilorg> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 13:21:01 UTC Severity: important Tags: ...