Title: Ether geth and Mist wallet: security updates Post by: bitfish on May 17, 2016, 09:23:56 PM Quote Security Alert – Geth suffers from a very low probable DoS attack vector – Update immediately See: https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/05/17/security-alert-geth-suffers-from-a-very-low-probable-dos-attack-vector-update-immediately/Posted by Jeffrey Wilcke on May 17th, 2016. Affected configurations: All Go client versions Likelihood: Very low Severity: High Details: A bug in Geth (and potentially other clients) may suffer from a DoS attack and allows remote attackers to stall synchronisation process almost indefinitely by supplying a valid, lighter chain. More information will be given out a later time including the report that was submitted through the bug bounty program. Effects on expected chain reorganisation depth: None Proposed temporary workaround: None Remedial action taken by Ethereum: Provision of hotfixes as below: ... and Quote Wallet 0.7.4 (Beta 18) See: https://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases/tag/0.7.4@alexvandesande alexvandesande released this 8 days ago · 67 commits to master since this release This is a security release. The details on the security issues are described on this blog post. This is the first release to include geth 1.4 wich should come with some performance improvements and connection fixes. Best wishes to all Ether fans! bitfish ::) Title: Re: Ether geth and Mist wallet: security updates Post by: CryptoCoinWareHouse on May 19, 2016, 01:15:05 AM Ok when you download the new wallet what file do u replace and do you have to download the whole chain again what is the process to update
Title: Re: Ether geth and Mist wallet: security updates Post by: mookid on May 19, 2016, 03:14:58 AM Ok when you download the new wallet what file do u replace and do you have to download the whole chain again what is the process to update You just got to delete your old Mist folder, the Blockchain will not be replaced or downloaded again. |