Bump github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum from 1.16.7 to 1.16.8

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Bumps github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum from 1.16.7 to 1.16.8.

Release notes

Sourced from github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum's releases.

Moisture Filters (v1.16.8)

This is a security fix release and is recommended for all users. It resolves two p2p vulnerabilities reported through the Ethereum Foundation bug bounty program.

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As with all our previous releases, you can find the:

• Pre-built binaries for all platforms on our downloads page.
• Docker images published under ethereum/client-go (use "stable" tag).
• Ubuntu packages in our Launchpad PPA repository.
• macOS packages in our Homebrew Tap repository.

Commits

• abeb78c Merge branch 'dos-fixes' into release/1.16
• ce43eb9 version: release go-ethereum v1.16.8 stable
• 638741b crypto/ecies: use aes blocksize
• fdfd123 core/txpool: drop peers on invalid KZG proofs
• 8ecb686 version: begin v1.16.8 release cycle
• See full diff in compare view

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Dependency Review

✅ No vulnerabilities or license issues or OpenSSF Scorecard issues found.

OpenSSF Scorecard

Package	Version	Score	Details
gomod/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum	1.16.8	🟢 6.7	Details Check Score Reason Maintained 🟢 10 30 commit(s) and 21 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 Code-Review 🟢 9 Found 29/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 9 Packaging ⚠️ -1 packaging workflow not detected Security-Policy 🟢 10 security policy file detected Dangerous-Workflow 🟢 10 no dangerous workflow patterns detected Token-Permissions ⚠️ 0 detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions CII-Best-Practices ⚠️ 0 no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected Binary-Artifacts 🟢 9 binaries present in source code License 🟢 10 license file detected Branch-Protection ⚠️ -1 internal error: error during branchesHandler.setup: internal error: some github tokens can't read classic branch protection rules: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/blob/main/docs/authentication/fine-grained-auth-token.md Signed-Releases ⚠️ -1 no releases found Fuzzing 🟢 10 project is fuzzed Vulnerabilities 🟢 7 3 existing vulnerabilities detected Pinned-Dependencies ⚠️ 0 dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0 SAST ⚠️ 0 SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0

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Superseded by #996.