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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202003-50 ] Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 15:56:01
Message-Id: b5685587-8f80-a23b-fd6d-d602fb9bc8ce@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202003-50
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: March 25, 2020
10 Bugs: #713238
11 ID: 202003-50
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Tor, the worst of which could
19 allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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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-vpn/tor < 0.4.2.7 *>= 0.4.1.9
34 *>= 0.4.2.7
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor, and tor. Please
40 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Tor 0.4.1.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-vpn/tor-0.4.1.9"
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60 All Tor 0.4.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
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62 # emerge --sync
63 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-vpn/tor-0.4.2.7"
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65 References
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68 [ 1 ] CVE-2020-10592
69 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10592
70 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-10593
71 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10593
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73 Availability
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76 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
77 the Gentoo Security Website:
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79 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-50
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81 Concerns?
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84 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
85 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
86 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
87 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
88 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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90 License
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93 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
94 belongs to its owner(s).
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96 The contents of this document are licensed under the
97 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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99 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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