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Fedora 27 : tor (2017-bc2edc421d)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105965

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

update to upstream release 0.3.1.9. Fixes various CVEs :

 - CVE-2017-8819: Replay-cache ineffective for v2 onion services

 - CVE-2017-8820: Remote DoS attack against directory authorities

 - CVE-2017-8821: An attacker can make Tor ask for a password

 - CVE-2017-8822: Relays can pick themselves in a circuit path

 - CVE-2017-8823: Use-after-free in onion service v2

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
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Solution

Update the affected tor package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-bc2edc421d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105965

File Name: fedora_2017-bc2edc421d.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2018

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tor

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8819, CVE-2017-8820, CVE-2017-8821, CVE-2017-8822, CVE-2017-8823