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Debian: CVE-2017-8822: tor -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-8822: tor -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/02/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/04/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

In Tor before 0.2.5.16, 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, relays (that have incompletely downloaded descriptors) can pick themselves in a circuit path, leading to a degradation of anonymity, aka TROVE-2017-012.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-tor

References

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