openSUSE Security Update : tor (openSUSE-SU-2012:1624-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74828

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

- Tear down the circuit when receiving an unexpected SENDME cell. Prevents circumvention of the network's flow control, exhaustion of network resources and possible denial-of-service attacks on entry nodes [bnc#791374] CVE-2012-5573, adding tor-0.2.2.39-SENDME-DOS.patch

Solution

Update the affected tor packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74828

File Name: openSUSE-2012-835.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5573

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