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Fedora 13 : tor-0.2.1.28-1300.fc13 (2010-19159)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 51392

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Major bugfixes :

 - Fix a remotely exploitable bug that could be used to crash instances of Tor remotely by overflowing on the heap. Remote-code execution hasn't been confirmed, but can't be ruled out. Everyone should upgrade.
 (CVE-2010-1676)

Directory authority changes :

 - Change IP address and ports for gabelmoo (v3 directory authority).

Minor features :

 - Update to the December 1 2010 Maxmind GeoLite Country database.

https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-02128-released-security-patches

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected tor package.

See Also

https://blog.torproject.org/tor-02128-released-security-patches

http://www.nessus.org/u?8213c991

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 51392

File Name: fedora_2010-19159.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/30/2010

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:13, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tor

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1676

BID: 45500

FEDORA: 2010-19159