Channel and Path Errors The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package tor  (opens in a new tab)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-615332
  • published3 Dec 2017
  • disclosed3 Dec 2017

Introduced: 3 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-8822  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-417  (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, relays (that have incompletely downloaded descriptors) can pick themselves in a circuit path, leading to a degradation of anonymity, aka TROVE-2017-012.