Denial of service in github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum

Impact

A DoS vulnerability can make a LES server crash via malicious GetProofsV2 request from a connected LES client.

Patches

The vulnerability was patched in https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/21896.

Workarounds

This vulnerability only concerns users explicitly enabling les server; disabling les prevents the exploit.
It can also be patched by manually applying the patch in https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/21896.

For more information

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