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Fedora 26: 2018-348761f97d High: Tor Security Enhancement Release

fedora
Calendar Grey October 11, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Upgrade to Tor version 0.2.9.12, which improves privacy and security protocols within Fedora while resolving previously identified bugs.
update to upstream release 0.2.9.12 (SECURITY) (#1494860)

Summary

The Tor network is a group of volunteer-operated servers that allows people to

improve their privacy and security on the Internet. Tor's users employ this

network by connecting through a series of virtual tunnels rather than making a

direct connection, thus allowing both organizations and individuals to share

information over public networks without compromising their privacy. Along the

same line, Tor is an effective censorship circumvention tool, allowing its

users to reach otherwise blocked destinations or content. Tor can also be used

as a building block for software developers to create new communication tools

with built-in privacy features.

This package contains the Tor software that can act as either a server on the

Tor network, or as a client to connect to the Tor network.

update to upstream release 0.2.9.12 (SECURITY) (#1494860)

[ 1 ] Bug #1494860 - tor-0.2.9.10-1.el7.x86_64 is unsecure and out of date

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1494860

[ 2 ] Bug #1493512 - CVE-2017-0380 tor: Stack disclosure in hidden services logs when SafeLogging disabled [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1493512

[ 3 ] Bug #1493513 - CVE-2017-0380 tor: Stack disclosure in hidden services logs when SafeLogging disabled [epel-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1493513

su -c 'dnf upgrade tor' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Change Log

References

Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 25
Version: 0.2.9.12
Release: 1.fc25
Summary: Anonymizing overlay network for TCP

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