Access Restriction Bypass Affecting tor package, versions [,0.2.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TOR-2371344
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Dec 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Dec 2008

CVE-2008-5397  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tor to version 0.2.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. Tor before 0.2.0.32 does not properly process the (1) User and (2) Group configuration options, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging unintended supplementary group memberships of the Tor process.

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