MGASA-2021-0426 - Updated tor packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 23 Sep 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0426.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2021-38385

Henry de Valence reported a flaw in the signature verification code in Tor,
a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system. A remote
attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause an assertion failure,
resulting in denial of service.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29377
- https://blog.torproject.org/new-stable-releases-tor-03516-04510-and-0467/
- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/PMWWIBVBPI5X7QIC5VO3NJURIXL33ROT/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38385

SRPMS:
- 8/core/tor-0.3.5.16-1.mga8

Mageia 2021-0426: tor security update

Henry de Valence reported a flaw in the signature verification code in Tor, a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system

Summary

Henry de Valence reported a flaw in the signature verification code in Tor, a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause an assertion failure, resulting in denial of service.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29377

- https://blog.torproject.org/new-stable-releases-tor-03516-04510-and-0467/

- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/PMWWIBVBPI5X7QIC5VO3NJURIXL33ROT/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38385

Resolution

MGASA-2021-0426 - Updated tor packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/tor-0.3.5.16-1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 23 Sep 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0426.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-38385

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