Debian DSA-5562-1 : tor - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 186207

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5562 advisory.

It was discovered that Tor was susceptible to a crash during handshake with a remote relay, resulting in denial of service. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), support for tor is now discontinued. Please upgrade to the stable release (bookworm) to continue receiving tor updates. For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.7.16-1. We recommend that you upgrade your tor packages. For the detailed security status of tor please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/tor

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the tor packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.7.16-1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186207

File Name: debian_DSA-5562.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/22/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tor-geoipdb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tor, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2023

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