Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting tor package, versions [,0.1.2.15)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.47% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TOR-2371353
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed30 Jul 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Jul 2007

CVE-2007-4096  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (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 Denial of Service (DoS). Buffer overflow in Tor before 0.1.2.15, when using BSD natd support, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

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