Bitcoin Core 0.16.3 Released
Bitcoin Core version 0.16.3 is now available for download with a fix for a denial-of-service vulnerability introduced in
Bitcoin Core 0.14.0 and affecting all subsequent versions though to
0.16.2. We highly recommend users of all affected versions immediately
upgrade to 0.16.3.
Security issue CVE-2018-17144: it was discovered that older versions of Bitcoin Core
will crash if they try to process a block containing a transaction that
attempts to spend the same input twice. Such blocks are invalid, so
they can only be created by a miner willing to sacrifice their allowed
income for creating a block of at least 12.5 BTC (about $80,000 USD as
of this writing). This release eliminates the crash, allowing the
software to quietly reject such invalid blocks.
For a complete list of changes, please see the release notes. If
have any questions, please stop by our IRC chatroom and we’ll do
our best to help you.
Published at Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0400
