CVE-2013-4165 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2013-4165

The HTTPAuthorized function in bitcoinrpc.cpp in bitcoind 0.8.1 provides information...

Vulnerability Description

The HTTPAuthorized function in bitcoinrpc.cpp in bitcoind 0.8.1 provides information about authentication failure upon detecting the first incorrect byte of a password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine passwords via a timing side-channel attack.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

bitcoin core
Vulnerable Versions:
0.8.1

Timeline

Official Publish: August 1st, 2013
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.