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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201507-02 ] Tor: Denial of Service
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2015 19:07:28
Message-Id: 559AD0CE.9090206@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201507-02
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Tor: Denial of Service
9 Date: July 06, 2015
10 Bugs: #545940
11 ID: 201507-02
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15 Synopsis
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18 Two vulnerabilities have been found in Tor, the worst of which can
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-misc/tor < 0.2.6.7 >= 0.2.6.7
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35 Description
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38 Tor does not handle data correctly when specifically crafted data is
39 sent, and also fails to properly verify a descriptor provided by a
40 hidden service directory.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition in both a
46 Tor client or a Tor server.
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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 version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/tor-0.2.6.7"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2015-2928
65 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2928
66 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-2929
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2929
68 [ 3 ] Upstream announcement
69 https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-02512-and-0267-are-released
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-02
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79 Concerns?
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
92 belongs to its owner(s).
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
95 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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97 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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