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Tor Directory Authority 'policy_summarize' Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Tor and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is caused by an boundary error within the policy_summarize function in Tor, which can be exploited to crash a Tor directory authority.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Tor version prior to 0.2.1.30 on Windows.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Tor version 0.2.1.30 or later.