[ GLSA 202003-50 ] Tor

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-50)
Severity: low
Exploitable: remote
Date: 2020-03-25
Bug(s): #713238
ID: 202003-50

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Tor, the worst of which
could allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.


Background

Tor is an implementation of second generation Onion Routing, a
connection-oriented anonymizing communication service.


Affected Packages

Package: net-vpn/tor
Vulnerable: < 0.4.2.7
Unaffected: >= 0.4.1.9 < 0.4.1.10
Unaffected: >= 0.4.2.7 < 0.4.2.8
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor, and tor. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.


Impact

A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Tor 0.4.1.x users should upgrade to the latest version: