Improper Input Validation Affecting tor package, versions <0.2.1.29-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.1% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-TOR-1561177
  • published19 Jan 2011
  • disclosed19 Jan 2011

Introduced: 19 Jan 2011

CVE-2011-0491  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 tor to version 0.2.1.29-1 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:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The tor_realloc function in Tor before 0.2.1.29 and 0.2.2.x before 0.2.2.21-alpha does not validate a certain size value during memory allocation, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified vectors, related to "underflow errors."

CVSS Scores

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