CVE-2024-38359
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.18%Lightning Network Daemon (LND)'s onion processing logic leads to a denial of service
Published: 6/20/2024Modified: 11/18/2024
Description
### Impact A parsing vulnerability in lnd's onion processing logic led to a DoS vector due to excessive memory allocation. ### Patches The issue was patched in lnd [v0.17.0](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.17.0-beta). Users should update to a version >= v0.17.0 to be protected. ### References Detailed blog post: https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/lnd-onion-bomb/ Developer discussion: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/dos-disclosure-lnd-onion-bomb/979
Affected packages (2)
- Go/github.com/lightningnetwork/lndfrom 0, < 0.17.0-beta
- Go/github.com/lightningnetwork/lndfrom 0, < 0.17.0-beta
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (7)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38359
- PATCHhttps://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd
- WEBhttps://delvingbitcoin.org/t/dos-disclosure-lnd-onion-bomb/979
- WEBhttps://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.17.0-beta
- WEBhttps://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/security/advisories/GHSA-9gxx-58q6-42p7
- WEBhttps://lightning.network
- WEBhttps://morehouse.github.io/lightning/lnd-onion-bomb