Description
A user who owns an ENS domain can set a trapdoor, allowing them to transfer ownership to another user, and later regain ownership without the new owners consent or awareness. A new ENS deployment is being rolled out that fixes this vulnerability in the ENS registry.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2020-0255 | A user who owns an ENS domain can set a trapdoor, allowing them to transfer ownership to another user, and later regain ownership without the new owners consent or awareness. A new ENS deployment is being rolled out that fixes this vulnerability in the ENS registry. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-8f9f-pc5v-9r5h | Malicious takeover of previously owned ENS names |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T08:22:09.005Z
Reserved: 2020-01-02T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-5232
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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-01-31T00:15:09.973
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:33:43.693
Link: CVE-2020-5232
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Github GHSA