SUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2025:0373-1 (tor)

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openSUSE-SU-2025:0373-1: moderate: Security update for tor
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Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:05:19 +0200
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   openSUSE Security Update: Security update for tor
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2025:0373-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1250101 
Cross-References:   CVE-2025-4444
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6
                    openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   This update for tor fixes the following issues:

   - 0.4.8.18
     * CVE-2025-4444: onion service descriptor resource consumption issue
       (boo#1250101)

   - 0.4.8.17
     * Minor features and bugfixes
     * use quantum-resistant MLKEM-768 cipher

   - tor 0.4.8.16
     * fix typo in a directory authority rule file
     * fix a sandbox issue for bandwidth authority and a conflux issue
       on the control port
     * client fix about relay flag usage

   - tor 0.4.8.14
     * bugfix for onion service directory cache
     * test-network now unconditionally includes IPv6
     * Regenerate fallback directories 2025-02-05
     * Update the geoip files to 2025-02-05
     * Fix a pointer free

   - tor 0.4.8.13
     * Conflux related client circuit building performance bugfix
     * Fix minor memory leaks
     * Add STATUS TYPE=version handler for Pluggable Transport

   - tor 0.4.8.12
     * Minor features and bugfixes
     * See
   https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-...



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-SP7:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2025-373=1

   - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2025-373=1



Package List:

   - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      tor-0.4.8.18-bp157.2.3.1
      tor-debuginfo-0.4.8.18-bp157.2.3.1
      tor-debugsource-0.4.8.18-bp157.2.3.1

   - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      tor-0.4.8.18-bp156.2.3.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4444.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1250101