MGASA-2017-0008

Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0008.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0008.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0008
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Published
2017-01-06T09:53:08Z
Modified
2017-01-06T09:42:48Z
Summary
Updated tor package fixes security vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Tor, a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system, may read one byte past a buffer when parsing hidden service descriptors. This issue may enable a hostile hidden service to crash Tor clients depending on hardening options and malloc implementation (CVE-2016-1254).

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