Information Exposure Affecting tor package, versions [,0.1.2.15)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.73% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TOR-2371342
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed30 Jul 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Jul 2007

CVE-2007-4099  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tor to version 0.1.2.15 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. Tor before 0.1.2.15 can select a guard node beyond the first listed never-before-connected-to guard node, which allows remote attackers with control of certain guard nodes to obtain sensitive information and possibly leverage further attacks.

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