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From: Tim Sammut <underling@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201101-02 ] Tor: Remote heap-based buffer overflow
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:18:30
Message-Id: 4D31045D.701@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: Tor: Remote heap-based buffer overflow
9 Date: January 15, 2011
10 Bugs: #349312
11 ID: 201101-02
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15 Synopsis
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18 Tor is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow
19 arbitrary code execution.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 Tor is an implementation of second generation Onion Routing, a
25 connection-oriented anonymizing communication service.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-misc/tor < 0.2.1.28 >= 0.2.1.28
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35 Description
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38 Tor contains a heap-based buffer overflow in the processing of user or
39 attacker supplied data. No additional information is available.
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41 Impact
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44 Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an
45 unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the
46 permissions of the Tor user, or to cause a Denial of Service.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All Tor users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/tor-0.2.1.28"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2010-1676
65 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1676
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-02.xml
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2011 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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