openSUSE Security Update : tor (openSUSE-SU-2012:1278-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74768

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

- update to 0.2.2.39 [bnc#780620] Changes in version 0.2.2.39 - 2012-09-11 Tor 0.2.2.39 fixes two more opportunities for remotely triggerable assertions. o Security fixes :

- Fix an assertion failure in tor_timegm() that could be triggered by a badly formatted directory object (CVE-2012-4922).

- Do not crash when comparing an address with port value 0 to an address policy. This bug could have been used to cause a remote assertion failure by or against directory authorities, or to allow some applications to crash clients (CVE-2012-4419).

Solution

Update the affected tor packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74768

File Name: openSUSE-2012-660.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4419, CVE-2012-4922

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