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openSUSE Security Update : tor (openSUSE-2019-1107)

high Nessus Plugin ID 123654

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for tor to version 0.3.4.11 fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2019-8955: Fixed a vulnerability in the KIST cell scheduler which could lead to memory exhaustion and finally Denial-of-Service (bsc#1126340).

Solution

Update the affected tor packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1126340

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123654

File Name: openSUSE-2019-1107.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/3/2019

Updated: 6/6/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8955

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8955