Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2021-42764
CVE-2021-42764
Description
The Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Ethereum consensus protocol through 2021-10-19 allows an adversary to cause a denial of service (delayed consensus decisions), and also increase the profits of individual validators, via short-range reorganizations of the underlying consensus chain.
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Affected products
2- Ethereum/Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Ethereum consensus protocoldescription
- Range: <=2021-10-19
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- arxiv.org/abs/2110.10086mitrex_refsource_MISC
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