NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package tor  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1810-TOR-615324
  • published3 Dec 2017
  • disclosed3 Dec 2017

Introduced: 3 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-8820  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tor package and not the tor package as distributed by Ubuntu.

In Tor before 0.2.5.16, 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, remote attackers can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) against directory authorities via a malformed descriptor, aka TROVE-2017-010.