Security Alert - DoS Vulnerability in the Soft Fork

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Affected configurations: geth 1.4.8 Likelihood: High Severity: High Details: An attack vector has been identified in the freshly released implementation of the DAO soft fork. The fork enactment code in geth (and other clients) allows execution of EVM code up to the block gas limit without paying for...

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Published:June 28, 2016 at 06:21 PM

Source:Ethereum Foundation Blog

Category:Crypto

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