From: | Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o> |
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To: | gentoo-announce@g.o |
Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201301-03 ] Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:20:52 |
Message-Id: | 50ECB99B.5010104@gentoo.org |
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2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201301-03 |
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7 | Severity: Normal |
8 | Title: Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities |
9 | Date: January 08, 2013 |
10 | Bugs: #432188, #434882, #444804 |
11 | ID: 201301-03 |
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14 | |
15 | Synopsis |
16 | ======== |
17 | |
18 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tor, allowing attackers to |
19 | cause Denial of Service or obtain sensitive information. |
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 < 0.2.3.25 >= 0.2.3.25 |
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 attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or obtain |
45 | sensitive information. |
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-0.2.3.25" |
59 | |
60 | References |
61 | ========== |
62 | |
63 | [ 1 ] CVE-2012-3517 |
64 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3517 |
65 | [ 2 ] CVE-2012-3518 |
66 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3518 |
67 | [ 3 ] CVE-2012-3519 |
68 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3519 |
69 | [ 4 ] CVE-2012-4419 |
70 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4419 |
71 | [ 5 ] CVE-2012-4922 |
72 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4922 |
73 | [ 6 ] CVE-2012-5573 |
74 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5573 |
75 | |
76 | Availability |
77 | ============ |
78 | |
79 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
80 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
81 | |
82 | http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-03.xml |
83 | |
84 | Concerns? |
85 | ========= |
86 | |
87 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
88 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
89 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
90 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
91 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
92 | |
93 | License |
94 | ======= |
95 | |
96 | Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
97 | belongs to its owner(s). |
98 | |
99 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
100 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
101 | |
102 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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