Gentoo Archives: gentoo-announce

From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
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
1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201301-03
3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4 http://security.gentoo.org/
5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6
7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: January 08, 2013
10 Bugs: #432188, #434882, #444804
11 ID: 201301-03
12
13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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

Attachments

File name MIME type
signature.asc application/pgp-signature