PT-2018-8856

CVE-2018-0490

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Published

2017-04-28

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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 prior to 0.2.9.15 Tor versions 0.3.1.x prior to 0.3.1.10 Tor versions 0.3.2.x prior to 0.3.2.10
Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and directory-authority crash. This is achieved via a misformatted relay descriptor that is mishandled during voting.
Recommendations For Tor versions prior to 0.2.9.15, update to version 0.2.9.15 or later. For Tor versions 0.3.1.x prior to 0.3.1.10, update to version 0.3.1.10 or later. For Tor versions 0.3.2.x prior to 0.3.2.10, update to version 0.3.2.10 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2017-1539
ALT-PU-2018-1419
DSA-4183-1
MGASA-2018-0161
OPENSUSE-SU-2018:0614-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2018:0620-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11469-1
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