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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS05Z3h4LTU4cTYtNDJwN84AA9QI

Lightning Network Daemon (LND)'s onion processing logic leads to a denial of service

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. 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

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gxx-58q6-42p7
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS05Z3h4LTU4cTYtNDJwN84AA9QI
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: 5 months ago
Updated: 6 days ago

CVSS Score: 6.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-9gxx-58q6-42p7, CVE-2024-38359
References:

• https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/security/advisories/GHSA-9gxx-58q6-42p7
• https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/dos-disclosure-lnd-onion-bomb/979
• https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.17.0-beta
• https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/lnd-onion-bomb
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38359
• https://lightning.network
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gxx-58q6-42p7

Repository: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd
Blast Radius: 14.0

Affected Packages