FreeBSD : tor -- remote DoS and loss of anonymity (8e2e6ad8-1720-11d9-9fb9-00902788733b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 37029

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Tor has various remote crashes which could lead to a remote denial-of-service and be used to defeat clients anonymity. It is not expected that these vulnerabilities are exploitable for arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 37029

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8e2e6ad8172011d99fb900902788733b.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tor, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2004

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