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Debian: CVE-2017-8823: tor -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-8823: tor -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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, there is a use-after-free in onion service v2 during intro-point expiration because the expiring list is mismanaged in certain error cases, aka TROVE-2017-013.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-tor

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