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CVE-2021-42764

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 als…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Proof-Of-Stake Ethereum ProjectProof-Of-Stake Ethereum
through 2021-10-19

References