GLSA 201612-45: Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/24/2016
Bugs:	#591008, #597394, #597524
ID:	201612-45

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Tor, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

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	< 0.2.8.9	>= 0.2.8.9	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor. Please review the CVE identifier and change log referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

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-0.2.8.9"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201612-45.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.