Description
nimiq-blockchain provides persistent block storage for Nimiq's Rust implementation. In versions 1.3.0 and prior, network-libp2p discovery accepts signed PeerContact updates from untrusted peers and stores them in a peer contact book, eventually leading to address book crash. A PeerContact can legally contain an empty addresses list (no intrinsic validation enforces non-empty). Later, PeerContactBook::known_peers builds an address book by taking addresses.first().expect("every peer should have at least one address"). If the attacker has inserted a signed peer contact with addresses=[], any call to get_address_book (RPC/web client) can panic and crash the node/RPC task depending on panic settings. This issue has been fixed in version 1.4.0.
Problem types
CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Product status
References
github.com/...atross/security/advisories/GHSA-c45m-6x25-3cjq
github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3715
github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.4.0