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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202107-25 ] Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities

Posted on 10 July 2021
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202107-25
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Severity: Normal
Title: Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 10, 2021
Bugs: #776586, #795969
ID: 202107-25

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tor, the worst of which
could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background
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Tor is an implementation of second generation Onion Routing, a
connection-oriented anonymizing communication service.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-vpn/tor < 0.4.6.5 >= 0.4.6.5
>= 0.4.5.9
>= 0.4.4.9

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor. Please review the
CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Tor 0.4.6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-vpn/tor-0.4.6.5"

All Tor 0.4.5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-vpn/tor-0.4.5.9"

All Tor 0.4.4.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-vpn/tor-0.4.4.9"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2021-28089
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28089
[ 2 ] CVE-2021-28090
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28090
[ 3 ] CVE-2021-34548
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34548
[ 4 ] CVE-2021-34549
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34549
[ 5 ] CVE-2021-34550
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34550

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-25

Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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