QA Report #120
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Assets are not at risk. State handling, function incorrect as to spec, issues with clarity, syntax
Init frontrun
Most contracts use an init pattern (instead of a constructor) to initialize contract parameters. Unless these are enforced to be atomic with contact deployment via deployment script or factory contracts, they are susceptible to front-running race conditions where an attacker/griefer can front-run (cannot access control because admin roles are not initialized) to initially with their own (malicious) parameters upon detecting (if an event is emitted) which the contract deployer has to redeploy wasting gas and risking other transactions from interacting with the attacker-initialized contract.
Many init functions do not have an explicit event emission which makes monitoring such scenarios harder. All of them have re-init checks; while many are explicit some (those in auction contracts) have implicit reinit checks in initAccessControls() which is better if converted to an explicit check in the main init function itself.
(details credit to: code-423n4/2021-09-sushimiso-findings#64)
The vulnerable initialization functions in the codebase are:
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Duplicates in array
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GovernanceRouter._addDomain pushed (_domain) and doesn't check if the domain already exists.
Mult instead div in compares
To improve algorithm precision instead using division in comparison use multiplication in the following scenario:
In all of the big and trusted contracts this rule is maintained.
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Missing fee parameter validation
Some fee parameters of functions are not checked for invalid values. Validate the parameters:
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Does not validate the input fee parameter
Some fee parameters of functions are not checked for invalid values. Validate the parameters:
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safeApprove of openZeppelin is deprecated
You use safeApprove of openZeppelin although it's deprecated.
(see https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/blob/566a774222707e424896c0c390a84dc3c13bdcb2/contracts/token/ERC20/utils/SafeERC20.sol#L38)
You should change it to increase/decrease Allowance as OpenZeppilin says.
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Require with empty message
The following requires are with empty messages.
This is very important to add a message for any require. So the user has enough information to know the reason of failure.
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Not verified input
external / public functions parameters should be validated to make sure the address is not 0.
Otherwise if not given the right input it can mistakenly lead to loss of user funds.
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Solidity compiler versions mismatch
The project is compiled with different versions of solidity, which is not recommended because it can lead to undefined behaviors.
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Not verified owner
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Named return issue
Users can mistakenly think that the return value is the named return, but it is actually the actualreturn statement that comes after. To know that the user needs to read the code and is confusing.
Furthermore, removing either the actual return or the named return will save gas.
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Two Steps Verification before Transferring Ownership
The following contracts have a function that allows them an admin to change it to a different address. If the admin accidentally uses an invalid address for which they do not have the private key, then the system gets locked.
It is important to have two steps admin change where the first is announcing a pending new admin and the new address should then claim its ownership.
A similar issue was reported in a previous contest and was assigned a severity of medium: code-423n4/2021-06-realitycards-findings#105
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Use safe math for solidity version <8
You should use safe math for solidity version <8 since there is no default over/under flow check it suchversions of solidity.
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