Bitcoin Core Upgrade ‘Critical’ for Everyone, Urge Developers in Bug Disclosure

[Crypto]

Bitcoin Core developers published a “full disclosure” of the vulnerability affecting several implementations of the Bitcoin (BTC) client Friday, September 21, repeating calls for all nodes to upgrade to the latest version as a priority.

In addition to technical details about the bug, known as CVE-2018-17144, the disclosure explains how developers dealt with the threat to the Bitcoin network, along with a timeline of its discovery and patching in Bitcoin Core version 0.16.3.

“In order to encourage rapid upgrades, the decision was made to immediately patch and disclose the less serious Denial of Service vulnerability, concurrently with reaching out to miners, businesses, and other affected systems while delaying publication of the full issue to give times for systems to upgrade,” the notice reads.

Readmore: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-core-upgrade-critical-for-everyone-urge-developers-in-bug-disclosure

[dragononcrypto]

Here is the link to the full disclosure from Bitcoin Core for anyone interested: https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/20/notice/

Also, not sure what to make of the following article (how authentic it is, I don't see PGP keys and a wealth of evidence etc) but it's an interesting read...

Awemany - Discovery and disclosure author (Bitcoin Cash developer):
https://medium.com/@awemany/600-microseconds-b70f87b0b2a6