[github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum] Denial of service in go-ethereum

Go-Ethereum v1.10.9 was discovered to contain an issue which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via sending an excessive amount of messages to a node. This is caused by missing memory in the component /ethash/algorithm.go.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42219
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dYFSpNZPC0OV-n1mMqdc269u9yYU1XQy/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112110745137218798745&rtpof=true&sd=true
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vrcc-g6vj-mh5w