Affected Configurations: All created utilizing smart contract wallets Ethereum Pockets Frontier, model 0.4.0 (Beta 7) or earlier, Wallets created with Ethereum Pockets 0.5.0 and all subsequent variations launched after March 3, 2016 won’t be affected.
Chance: Much less
depth: Excessive
Abstract:
Don’t use the Pockets Settlement or Proprietor Accounts of wallets that have been created with Ethereum Pockets 0.4.0 or earlier. For those who ship (or work together with) a malicious contract, it will possibly take possession of your pockets contract. Create a brand new pockets and switch your funds.
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Don’t use weak pockets contracts and the proprietor accounts of those wallets to ship Ether and work together with contracts you have no idea! If you don’t use these accounts and wallets, and improve your pockets It has been instructed Right hereYou might be secure!
Description:
An assault vector was found that impacts smart contract wallets created previous to the Homestead launch (Frontier part). An assault can happen when an affected pockets interacts with a malicious contract or if the proprietor account of the affected pockets interacts with a malicious contract that is aware of its pockets tackle. An attacker can then impersonate the proprietor thus stealing funds or tokens and altering the proprietor of the pockets.
For those who do not use your Pockets and Proprietor Accounts with contracts you do not know, you might be secure!
It’s OK to obtain Ether and ship Ether to non-contract accounts.
Additionally when you’ve got configured your pockets with multisig, you might be safer, because the attacker would wish to ship you a malicious contract with all of the house owners.
proposed resolution:
For those who created a pockets utilizing the affected variations, we advocate that you just take one of many following steps:
- create a brand new pockets With the newest model of Ethereum Pockets (any model from 0.5.0 or newer) and switch your cash There. you’ll be able to comply with these steps,
- except you do the above, do not use any account which is one Proprietor of an affected pockets, or of the affected pockets itself Interacting with closed supply or in any other case unknown contracts that might set off arbitrary actions (together with forwarding ether). Solely ship/talk to addresses that you just personal, or that you understand!
- Create a secondary account in your each day use. It shouldn’t be linked to your contract pockets
We’ve created a brand new Ethereum Pockets launch 0.7.6, which can detect your weak pockets.
Obtain the newest launch and comply with the steps described within the launch notes to replace your weak pockets!
https://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases/tag/0.7.6