Gentoo: GLSA-201101-02 High: Tor Remote Code Execution Threat
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January 15, 2011
Tor is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow arbitrary code execution.
Summary
Tor contains a heap-based buffer overflow in the processing of user or attacker supplied data. No additional information is available.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Tor users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/tor-0.2.1.28"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2010-1676 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1676
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201101-02
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: High
Title: Tor: Remote heap-based buffer overflow
Date: January 15, 2011
Bugs: #349312
ID: 201101-02
Topics Covered
Background
Tor is an implementation of second generation Onion Routing, a
connection-oriented anonymizing communication service.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/tor < 0.2.1.28 >= 0.2.1.28
Impact
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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an
unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the
permissions of the Tor user, or to cause a Denial of Service.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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