openSUSE Security Update : tor (openSUSE-SU-2012:1068-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74733

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Tor 0.2.2.38 fixes a rare race condition that can crash exit relays;
fixes a remotely triggerable crash bug; and fixes a timing attack that could in theory leak path information.

Solution

Update the affected tor packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=776642

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00048.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74733

File Name: openSUSE-2012-541.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: 8/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3517, CVE-2012-3518, CVE-2012-3519