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openSUSE: 2023:0027-1 Moderate Update for Tor DNS Leak Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey January 21, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
New release of Tor bolsters safety, tackling DNS exposure issues and refining user oversight - intermediate notice from openSUSE.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed

Description

This update for tor fixes the following issues:

tor 0.4.7.13:

* fix SafeSocks option to avoid DNS leaks (boo#1207110, TROVE-2022-002)

* improve congestion control

* fix relay channel handling

tor 0.4.7.12:

* new key for moria1

* new metrics are exported on the MetricsPort for the congestion control

subsystem

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate openSUSE tor DNS leak congestion control relay handling

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-SP4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2023-27=1

Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

tor-0.4.7.13-bp154.2.12.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207110

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2023:0027-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 .

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Topics Covered

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