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openSUSE Security Update : tor (openSUSE-2018-223)

high Nessus Plugin ID 107179

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for tor to version 0.3.2.10 fixes security issues and bugs.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed :

 - CVE-2018-0490: remote crash vulnerability against directory authorities (boo#1083845, TROVE-2018-001)

 - CVE-2018-0491: remote relay crash (boo#1083846, TROVE-2018-002)

This new upstream stable version also contains a new system for improved resistance to DoS attacks against relays and various other bug fixes.

Solution

Update the affected tor packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1083845

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1083846

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 107179

File Name: openSUSE-2018-223.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0490, CVE-2018-0491