From: | Tim Sammut <underling@g.o> |
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To: | gentoo-announce@g.o |
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Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201110-13 ] Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:44:07 |
Message-Id: | 4E9DC793.9080107@gentoo.org |
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2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201110-13 |
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7 | Severity: High |
8 | Title: Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities |
9 | Date: October 18, 2011 |
10 | Bugs: #351920, #359789 |
11 | ID: 201110-13 |
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14 | |
15 | Synopsis |
16 | ======== |
17 | |
18 | Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Tor, the most severe of which |
19 | may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. |
20 | |
21 | Background |
22 | ========== |
23 | |
24 | Tor is an implementation of second generation Onion Routing, a |
25 | connection-oriented anonymizing communication service. |
26 | |
27 | Affected packages |
28 | ================= |
29 | |
30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
31 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
32 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
33 | 1 net-misc/tor < 0.2.1.30 >= 0.2.1.30 |
34 | |
35 | Description |
36 | =========== |
37 | |
38 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor. Please review the |
39 | CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
40 | |
41 | Impact |
42 | ====== |
43 | |
44 | A remote unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code |
45 | with the privileges of the Tor process or create a Denial of Service. |
46 | |
47 | Workaround |
48 | ========== |
49 | |
50 | There is no known workaround at this time. |
51 | |
52 | Resolution |
53 | ========== |
54 | |
55 | All Tor users should upgrade to the latest version: |
56 | |
57 | # emerge --sync |
58 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/tor-0.2.1.30" |
59 | |
60 | NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are |
61 | available since April 2, 2011. It is likely that your system is already |
62 | no longer affected by this issue. |
63 | |
64 | References |
65 | ========== |
66 | |
67 | [ 1 ] CVE-2011-0015 |
68 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0015 |
69 | [ 2 ] CVE-2011-0016 |
70 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0016 |
71 | [ 3 ] CVE-2011-0427 |
72 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0427 |
73 | [ 4 ] CVE-2011-0490 |
74 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0490 |
75 | [ 5 ] CVE-2011-0491 |
76 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0491 |
77 | [ 6 ] CVE-2011-0492 |
78 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0492 |
79 | [ 7 ] CVE-2011-0493 |
80 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0493 |
81 | [ 8 ] CVE-2011-1924 |
82 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1924 |
83 | |
84 | Availability |
85 | ============ |
86 | |
87 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
88 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
89 | |
90 | http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-13.xml |
91 | |
92 | Concerns? |
93 | ========= |
94 | |
95 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
96 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
97 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
98 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
99 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
100 | |
101 | License |
102 | ======= |
103 | |
104 | Copyright 2011 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
105 | belongs to its owner(s). |
106 | |
107 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
108 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
109 | |
110 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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