Affected configurations: geth 1.4.8
Likelihood: Excessive
Seriousness: Excessive
particulars:
The assault vector was recognized within the freshly launched implementation of the DAO gentle fork. Fork enactment code in geth (and different purchasers) permits execution of EVM code as much as block gasoline restrict with out paying for gas. This may decelerate mining and forestall official transactions from being included.
The gentle fork won’t be enabled if the gasoline restrict of block 1800000 is above 4000000 gasoline (ie if the group vote to activate the fork fails). The assault can’t be carried out on this case.
Results on anticipated depth of chain reorganization: None
Proposed non permanent options:
- run geth 1.4.7
- run geth 1.4.8 beige the –gave-soft-jaw command line choice.
Subsequent motion:
Out there choices are thought-about. The group can keep away from any unfavorable penalties of a gentle fork by voting in opposition to it till a greater answer is discovered. Word that, to our data, no funds will be withdrawn from the affected DAOs till July 14, 2016. There is no such thing as a fast urgency to dam transactions whereas additional proposals are labored out.
