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openSUSE Security Update : tor (openSUSE-2017-690)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100831

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update to tor 0.2.9.11 fixes the following vulnerabilities :

 - CVE-2017-0375: remotely triggerable assertion failure when a hidden service handles a malformed BEGIN cell (bsc#1043455)

 - CVE-2017-0376: remotely triggerable assertion failure caused by receiving a BEGIN_DIR cell on a hidden service rendezvous circuit (bsc#1043456)

Solution

Update the affected tor packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1043455

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1043456

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100831

File Name: openSUSE-2017-690.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/16/2017

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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:42.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0375, CVE-2017-0376