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Posted on 18 October 2016
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3694-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
October 18, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : tor
CVE ID : not yet available
It has been discovered that Tor treats the contents of some buffer
chunks as if they were a NUL-terminated string. This issue could
enable a remote attacker to crash a Tor client, hidden service, relay,
or authority.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.2.5.12-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.2.8.9-1.
For the experimental distribution, this problem has been fixed in
version 0.2.9.4-alpha-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your tor packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
