Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Ziftr primecoin up to 0.8.4rc1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function HTTPAuthorized of the file src/bitcoinrpc.cpp. The manipulation of the argument strUserPass/strRPCUserColonPass leads to observable timing discrepancy. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 0.8.4rc2 is able to address this issue. The patch is named cdb3441b5cd2c1bae49fae671dc4a496f7c96322. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217171.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.217171
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217171
Patch, Third Party Advisory patch
https://github.com/Ziftr/primecoin/commit/cdb3441b5cd2c1bae49fae671dc4a496f7c96322
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory patch
https://github.com/Ziftr/primecoin/releases/tag/v0.8.4rc2
Scores
CVSS v3
2.6
EPSS
0.0068
EPSS Percentile
47.2%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-208
CWE-203
Status
published
Products (2)
ziftrshop/primecoin
0.8.4 rc1
ziftrshop/primecoin
< 0.8.4
Published
Jan 01, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026