Bug 1149711 – VUL-1: CVE-2019-15947: bitcoin: bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory. Upon a crash, it may dump a core file.

Bug 1149711 - (CVE-2019-15947) VUL-1: CVE-2019-15947: bitcoin: bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory. Upon a crash, it may dump a core file.

(CVE-2019-15947)
Summary:	VUL-1: CVE-2019-15947: bitcoin: bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted...

Status:	NEW

Classification:	openSUSE
Product:	openSUSE Distribution
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	Security
Version:	Leap 15.1
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P4 - Low Severity: Normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Martin Pluskal
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/241836/
Whiteboard:
Keywords:

Depends on:
Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Create test case

Clone This Bug

Reported:	2019-09-06 08:18 UTC by Alexandros Toptsoglou
Modified:	2020-01-16 14:23 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

See Also:
Found By:	Security Response Team
Services Priority:
Business Priority:
Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---
IT Deployment:	---

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.

Description Alexandros Toptsoglou 2019-09-06 08:18:38 UTC

CVE-2019-15947

In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory.
Upon a crash, it may dump a core file. If a user were to mishandle a core file,
an attacker can reconstruct the user's wallet.dat file, including their private
keys, via a grep "6231 0500" command.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2019-15947
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15947
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2019-15947
https://gist.github.com/oxagast/50a121b2df32186e0c48411859d5861b