openSUSE Security Update: Security update for tor
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2021:0474-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1183726 
Cross-References:   CVE-2021-28089 CVE-2021-28090
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   This update for tor fixes the following issues:

   tor was updated to 0.4.5.7

   *
   https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2021-March/000216.html

   * Fix 2 denial of service security issues (boo#1183726)
     + Disable the dump_desc() function that we used to dump unparseable
       information to disk (CVE-2021-28089)
     + Fix a bug in appending detached signatures to a pending consensus
       document that could be used to crash a directory authority
       (CVE-2021-28090)
   * Ship geoip files based on the IPFire Location Database

   This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update update project.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-474=1



Package List:

   - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      tor-0.4.5.7-bp152.2.9.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28089.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28090.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1183726

openSUSE: 2021:0474-1 moderate: tor

March 25, 2021
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Description

This update for tor fixes the following issues: tor was updated to 0.4.5.7 * https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2021-March/000216.html * Fix 2 denial of service security issues (boo#1183726) + Disable the dump_desc() function that we used to dump unparseable information to disk (CVE-2021-28089) + Fix a bug in appending detached signatures to a pending consensus document that could be used to crash a directory authority (CVE-2021-28090) * Ship geoip files based on the IPFire Location Database This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update update project.

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-474=1


Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): tor-0.4.5.7-bp152.2.9.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28089.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28090.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1183726


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0474-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 .

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