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Debian: 3741-1 Critical: Tor Security Update For Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey December 20, 2016
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Tor privacy patch addressing memory overflow problem, possible disruptions in application operations. Enhancement suggested for improved security.
It was discovered that Tor, a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system, may read one byte past a buffer when parsing hidden service descriptors
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Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.2.5.12-4.

For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, this
problem has been fixed in version 0.2.9.8-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your tor packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: tor
CVE ID: CVE-2016-1254

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