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Asymmetric denial of service In github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum

Description

Denial of service in go-ethereum Go-Ethereum v1.10.9 was discovered to contain an issue which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via sending an excessive amount of messages to a node. This is caused by missing memory in the component /ethash/algorithm.go.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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