CVE-2021-21369

Hyperledger Besu is an open-source, MainNet compatible, Ethereum client written in Java. In Besu before version 1.5.1 there is a denial-of-service vulnerability involving the HTTP JSON-RPC API service. If username and password authentication is enabled for the HTTP JSON-RPC API service, then prior to making any requests to an API endpoint the requestor must use the login endpoint to obtain a JSON web token (JWT) using their credentials. A single user can readily overload the login endpoint with invalid requests (incorrect password). As the supplied password is checked for validity on the main vertx event loop and takes a relatively long time this can cause the processing of other valid requests to fail. A valid username is required for this vulnerability to be exposed. This has been fixed in version 1.5.1.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:besu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

16 Mar 2021, 17:25

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 4.0
v3 : 6.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:besu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (CONFIRM) https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/security/advisories/GHSA-qgfj-mjpc-7w3q - (CONFIRM) https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/security/advisories/GHSA-qgfj-mjpc-7w3q - Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/1144 - (MISC) https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/1144 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/commit/06e35a58c07a30c0fbdc0aae45a3e8b06b53c022 - (MISC) https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/commit/06e35a58c07a30c0fbdc0aae45a3e8b06b53c022 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#151 - (MISC) https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#151 - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory

09 Mar 2021, 19:15

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Summary Hyperledger Besu is an open-source, MainNet compatible, Ethereum client written in Java. In Besu before version 1.5.1 there is a denial-of-service vulnerability involving the HTTP JSON-RPC API service. If username and password authentication is enabled for the HTTP JSON-RPC API service, then prior to making any requests to an API endpoint the requestor must use the login endpoint to obtain a JSON web token (JWT) using their credentials. A single user can readily overload the login endpoint with invalid requests (incorrect password). As the supplied password is checked for validity on the main vertx event loop and takes a relatively long time this can cause the processing of other valid requests to fail. A valid username is required for this vulnerability to be exposed. This has been fixed in version 1.5.1. Hyperledger Besu is an open-source, MainNet compatible, Ethereum client written in Java. In Besu before version 1.5.1 there is a denial-of-service vulnerability involving the HTTP JSON-RPC API service. If username and password authentication is enabled for the HTTP JSON-RPC API service, then prior to making any requests to an API endpoint the requestor must use the login endpoint to obtain a JSON web token (JWT) using their credentials. A single user can readily overload the login endpoint with invalid requests (incorrect password). As the supplied password is checked for validity on the main vertx event loop and takes a relatively long time this can cause the processing of other valid requests to fail. A valid username is required for this vulnerability to be exposed. This has been fixed in version 1.5.1.

09 Mar 2021, 18:39

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-03-09 18:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41


NVD link : CVE-2021-21369

Mitre link : CVE-2021-21369

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-21369


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Products Affected

linuxfoundation

  • besu
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption