Summary
It was discovered that Tor incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-8955)
It was discovered that Tor did not properly handle the input length to
dump_desc() function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and
Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-28089)
It was discovered that Tor did not properly sanitize the relay nickname in
dirvote_add_signatures_to_pending_consensus() function. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause an assertion failure and then cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2021-28090)
It was discovered that Tor did not properly validate the layer hint on
half-open streams. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass
the access control, leading to remote code execution. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-34548)
It was discovered that Tor was using an insecure hash function. A remote
attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM.
(CVE-2021-34549)
It was discovered that Tor did not properly manage memory under certain
circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted request,
a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly reading sensitive data. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-34550)
It was discovered that Tor mishandles the relationship between batch-signature
verification and single-signature verification. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause an assertion failure and then cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04
ESM. (CVE-2021-38385)
Fixed packages 4
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS | tor | 0.2.4.27-1ubuntu0.1+esm2 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS | tor | 0.2.9.14-1ubuntu1~16.04.3+esm1 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS | tor | 0.3.2.10-1ubuntu0.2~esm2 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS | tor | 0.4.2.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
Vulnerabilities 7
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Unscored —
In Tor before 0.3.3.12, 0.3.4.x before 0.3.4.11, 0.3.5.x before 0.3.5.8, and 0.4.x before 0.4.0.2-alpha, remote denial …
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Unscored —
Tor before 0.4.5.7 allows a remote participant in the Tor directory protocol to exhaust CPU resources on a target, aka …
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Unscored —
Tor before 0.4.5.7 allows a remote attacker to cause Tor directory authorities to exit with an assertion failure, aka T…
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Unscored —
An issue was discovered in Tor before 0.4.6.5, aka TROVE-2021-003. An attacker can forge RELAY_END or RELAY_RESOLVED to…
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Unscored —
An issue was discovered in Tor before 0.4.6.5, aka TROVE-2021-005. Hashing is mishandled for certain retrieval of circu…
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Unscored —
An issue was discovered in Tor before 0.4.6.5, aka TROVE-2021-006. The v3 onion service descriptor parsing allows out-o…
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Unscored —
Tor before 0.3.5.16, 0.4.5.10, and 0.4.6.7 mishandles the relationship between batch-signature verification and single-…
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8955
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28089
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28090
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-34548
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-34549
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-34550
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38385