What is GHSA-6fcr-9h9g-23fq?

GHSA-6fcr-9h9g-23fq is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Denial of Service in ipfs-bitswap

Why does GHSA-6fcr-9h9g-23fq have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-6fcr-9h9g-23fq?

GHSA-6fcr-9h9g-23fq has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-6fcr-9h9g-23fq?

GHSA-6fcr-9h9g-23fq affects 1 product, including: npm/ipfs-bitswap:\u003c 0.24.1.

GHSA-6fcr-9h9g-23fqMediumCVSS 5.9Disclosed before NVD

Denial of Service in ipfs-bitswap

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 2, 2020

Last Modified

December 7, 2023

📋 Description

Versions of ipfs-bitswap prior to 0.24.1 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The package put unwanted blocks in the blockstore, which could be used to exhaust system resources in specific conditions.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 0.24.1 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/ipfs-bitswap:< 0.24.1

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-bitswap/pull/194
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-IPFSBITSWAP-174847
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/916
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6fcr-9h9g-23fq