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Gentoo GLSA-202305-11 Normal: Tor Multiple Risks for Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey May 3, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Update your Tor software to the most recent version to fix reported vulnerabilities. Important security notice for Gentoo users. Ensure your safety!
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tor, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo security issue software update multiple vulnerabilities Tor

Resolution

All Tor users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-vpn/tor-0.4.7.13"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-38385 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38385 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-33903 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-33903 [ 3 ] CVE-2023-23589 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23589 [ 4 ] TROVE-2021-007 [ 5 ] TROVE-2022-001 [ 6 ] TROVE-2022-002

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-11
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Tor: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: May 03, 2023
Bugs: #808681, #852821, #890618
ID: 202305-11

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo security issue software update multiple vulnerabilities Tor

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tor, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-vpn/tor < 0.4.7.13 >= 0.4.7.13

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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