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Gentoo alert 201301-03 (tor)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201301-03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: January 08, 2013 Bugs: #432188, #434882, #444804 ID: 201301-03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tor, allowing attackers to cause Denial of Service or obtain sensitive information. Background ========== Tor is an implementation of second generation Onion Routing, a connection-oriented anonymizing communication service. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/tor < 0.2.3.25 >= 0.2.3.25 Description =========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact ====== A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or obtain sensitive information. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Tor users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/tor-0.2.3.25" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2012-3517 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3517 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-3518 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3518 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-3519 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3519 [ 4 ] CVE-2012-4419 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4419 [ 5 ] CVE-2012-4922 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4922 [ 6 ] CVE-2012-5573 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5573 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-03.xml 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. License ======= Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 (Log in to post comments)
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