GLSA 201301-03: Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:01/08/2013
Bugs: #432188, #434882, #444804
ID:201301-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tor, allowing attackers to cause Denial of Service or obtain sensitive information.

Background

Tor is an implementation of second generation Onion Routing, a connection-oriented anonymizing communication service.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-misc/tor < 0.2.3.25 >= 0.2.3.25 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Tor users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/tor-0.2.3.25"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-03.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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