GLSA-202409-24 : Tor: Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 207660

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202409-24 (Tor: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux 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

All Tor users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=net-vpn/tor-0.4.8.9

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-24

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=916759

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=917142

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207660

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202409-24.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/24/2024

Updated: 9/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tor

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2024