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Unscored CVE-2017-11565 EUVD-2017-3180GHSA-v9q4-769r-h63j

debian/tor.init in the Debian tor_0.2.9.11-1~deb9u1 package for Tor was designed to execute aa-exec from the standard system pathname if th…

Published Jul 23, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

debian/tor.init in the Debian tor_0.2.9.11-1~deb9u1 package for Tor was designed to execute aa-exec from the standard system pathname if the apparmor package is installed, but implements this incorrectly (with a wrong assumption that the specific pathname would remain the same forever), which allows attackers to bypass intended AppArmor restrictions by leveraging the silent loss of this protection mechanism. NOTE: this does not affect systems, such as default Debian stretch installations, on which Tor startup relies on a systemd unit file (instead of this tor.init script).

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 tor 0.3.1.7-1 —
Debian 13 tor 0.3.1.7-1 —
Debian 12 tor 0.3.1.7-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS tor 0.2.4.27-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 —

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