PT-2017-18554

CVE-2017-8820

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Published

2017-12-01

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Updated

2024-06-15

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.5
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Tor versions 0.2.5 through 0.2.5.15 Tor versions 0.2.6 through 0.2.8.16 Tor versions 0.2.9 through 0.2.9.13 Tor versions 0.3.0 through 0.3.0.12 Tor versions 0.3.1 through 0.3.1.8
Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service against directory authorities via a malformed descriptor. This can result in a NULL pointer dereference and application crash.
Recommendations For Tor versions 0.2.5 through 0.2.5.15, update to version 0.2.5.16 or later. For Tor versions 0.2.6 through 0.2.8.16, update to version 0.2.8.17 or later. For Tor versions 0.2.9 through 0.2.9.13, update to version 0.2.9.14 or later. For Tor versions 0.3.0 through 0.3.0.12, update to version 0.3.0.13 or later. For Tor versions 0.3.1 through 0.3.1.8, update to version 0.3.1.9 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2017-2718
DSA-4054-1
MGASA-2017-0444
OPENSUSE-SU-2017:3201-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2017:3203-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11469-1
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