Resource Management Errors Affecting tor package, versions <0.2.3.20-rc-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-TOR-370712
- published 26 Aug 2012
- disclosed 26 Aug 2012
Introduced: 26 Aug 2012
CVE-2012-3517 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 tor to version 0.2.3.20-rc-1 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
Use-after-free vulnerability in dns.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via vectors related to failed DNS requests.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3517
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088006.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-03.xml
- https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/62637fa22405278758febb1743da9af562524d4c
- https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2012-August/000086.html
- https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6480
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00048.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849949
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-3517
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