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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8955: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8955: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/21/2019
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/01/2024

Description

In Tor before 0.3.3.12, 0.3.4.x before 0.3.4.11, 0.3.5.x before 0.3.5.8, and 0.4.x before 0.4.0.2-alpha, remote denial of service against Tor clients and relays can occur via memory exhaustion in the KIST cell scheduler.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-tor

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