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Tor Unspecified Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Tor and is prone to heap based buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The issue is caused by an unknown heap overflow error when processing user-supplied data, which can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Tor version prior to 0.2.1.28 and 0.2.2.x before 0.2.2.20-alpha on Linux.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to version 0.2.1.28 or 0.2.2.20-alpha or later.