Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Affecting tor package, versions [,0.2.4.26)[0.2.5.1,0.2.5.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TOR-2371362
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Jan 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Jan 2020

CVE-2015-2688  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-755  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tor to version 0.2.4.26, 0.2.5.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions buf_pullup in Tor before 0.2.4.26 and 0.2.5.x before 0.2.5.11 does not properly handle unexpected arrival times of buffers with invalid layouts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via crafted packets.

CVSS Scores

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