CVE-2015-2689

high

Description

Tor before 0.2.4.26 and 0.2.5.x before 0.2.5.11 does not properly handle pending-connection resolve states during periods of high DNS load, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via crafted packets.

References

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/14129

https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-March/037281.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-01-24

Updated: 2020-01-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High