Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Tor, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.
| Package | net-vpn/tor on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 0.4.2.7 |
| Unaffected versions | revision >= 0.4.1.9 revision >= 0.4.2.7 |
Tor is an implementation of second generation Onion Routing, a connection-oriented anonymizing communication service.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor, and tor. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Tor 0.4.1.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-vpn/tor-0.4.1.9"
All Tor 0.4.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-vpn/tor-0.4.2.7"
Release date
March 25, 2020
Latest revision
March 25, 2020: 1
Severity
low
Exploitable
remote
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