Out-of-Bounds Affecting tor package, versions <0.4.3.6-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-TOR-584303
  • published13 Jul 2020
  • disclosed15 Jul 2020

Introduced: 13 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15572  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable tor to version 0.4.3.6-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Tor before 0.4.3.6 has an out-of-bounds memory access that allows a remote denial-of-service (crash) attack against Tor instances built to use Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), aka TROVE-2020-001.

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