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openSUSE: Security Advisory for tor (openSUSE-SU-2021:1169-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

SuSE Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'tor' package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2021:1169-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

This update for tor fixes the following issues: tor 0.4.6.7: * Fix a DoS via a remotely triggerable assertion failure (boo#1189489, TROVE-2021-007, CVE-2021-38385) tor 0.4.6.6: * Fix a compilation error with gcc 7, drop tor-0.4.6.5-gcc7.patch * Enable the deterministic RNG for unit tests that covers the address set bloomfilter-based API&#x27 s tor 0.4.6.5 * Add controller support for creating v3 onion services with client auth * When voting on a relay with a Sybil-like appearance, add the Sybil flag when clearing out the other flags. This lets a relay operator know why their relay hasn&#x27 t been included in the consensus * Relays now report how overloaded they are * Add a new DoS subsystem to control the rate of client connections for relays * Relays now publish statistics about v3 onions services * Improve circuit timeout algorithm for client performance

Affected Software

Affected Software

'tor' package(s) on openSUSE Leap 15.2.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Please install the updated package(s).

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)