CVE-2021-28090 Affecting tor package, versions <0.4.5.7-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-TOR-8489955
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed19 Mar 2021

Introduced: 19 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-28090  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 tor to version 0.4.5.7-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tor package and not the tor package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

Tor before 0.4.5.7 allows a remote attacker to cause Tor directory authorities to exit with an assertion failure, aka TROVE-2021-002.

CVSS Scores

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