Reentrancy Attack in Solidity Smart Contracts

Description: Reentrancy attacks occur when a contract calls an external contract that triggers the original contract to re-enter and modify its state unexpectedly, leading to unexpected outcomes like draining funds.

Cause:

1. - Lack of checks to prevent external contract calls.
2. - Insecure external call structure, allowing control over the contract's execution flow.
3. - Inadequate state updates before external calls.

Solution:

uint public balance;

modifier nonReentrant() {
    uint localBalance = balance;
    require(localBalance == balance, "Reentrancy detected");
    _;
}

function withdraw(uint _amount) external nonReentrant {
    require(balance >= _amount, "Insufficient balance");
    balance -= _amount;
    payable(msg.sender).transfer(_amount);
}

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