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CVE-2017-8821
In Tor before 0.2.5.16, 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, an attacker can cause a de…
Impact
In Tor before 0.2.5.16, 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, an attacker can cause a denial of service (application hang) via crafted PEM input that signifies a public key requiring a password, which triggers an attempt by the OpenSSL library to ask the user for the password, aka TROVE-2017-011.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Tor Project | Tor | before 0.2.5.16 from 0.2.6 before 0.2.8.17 from 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14 from 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13 from 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://blog.torproject.org/new-stable-tor-releases-security-fixes-0319-03013-02914-02817-02516
- https://bugs.torproject.org/24246
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4054
- https://blog.torproject.org/new-stable-tor-releases-security-fixes-0319-03013-02914-02817-02516
- https://bugs.torproject.org/24246
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4054