REDHAT-BUG-705192
First published: Mon May 16 2011(Updated: )
A vulnerability in Tor was reported [1] that could allow a malicious remote attacker to cause a denial of service. This vulnerability is due to a boundary error within the policy_summarize() function in src/or/policies.c which can be exploited to crash a Tor directory authority. Upstream announced the release of 0.2.1.30 [2] that is noted to correct this flaw. [1] <a href="http://secunia.com/advisories/43548/">http://secunia.com/advisories/43548/</a> [2] <a href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2011-February/000000.html">https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2011-February/000000.html</a>
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Tor Project Tor | <0.2.1.30 |
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Reference Links
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43548/
- https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2011-February/000000.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=705193
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=705194
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=671263
- https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commitdiff/43414eb98821d3b5c6c65181d7545ce938f82c8e
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1924
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705192
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