CVE-2013-10006 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2013-10006

Ziftr primecoin bitcoinrpc.cpp HTTPAuthorized timing discrepancy

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Ziftr primecoin up to 0.8.4rc1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function HTTPAuthorized of the file src/bitcoinrpc.cpp. The manipulation of the argument strUserPass/strRPCUserColonPass leads to observable timing discrepancy. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 0.8.4rc2 is able to address this issue. The patch is named cdb3441b5cd2c1bae49fae671dc4a496f7c96322. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217171.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • VulDB GitHub Commit Analyzer

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

primecoin
Vulnerable Versions:
0.8.4rc1

Timeline

Official Publish: January 1st, 2023
Last Modified: April 10th, 2025
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-208

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.