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CVE-2018-19158

Published: Mar 17, 2019

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

ColossusCoinXT through 1.0.5 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks, which are stored on the victim's disk.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806

x_refsource_MISC

http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf

x_refsource_MISC

https://github.com/ColossusCoinXT/ColossusCoinXT/compare/0223904...9666bb8

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