Tor Heap Overflow May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1024910 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1024910
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2010-1676
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Dec 20 2010
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Impact:
Denial of service via network, Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 0.2.1.28
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Tor. A remote user may be able to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
A remote user can send specially crafted data to trigger a heap overflow and cause the target system to crash. It may be possible to execute arbitrary code on the target system. However, code execution has not been confirmed.
Willem Pinckaers reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user may be able to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (0.2.1.28).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-02128-released-security-patches
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Vendor URL: blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-02128-released-security-patches (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:31:14 +0000
Subject: Tor
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http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Dec-2010/msg00000.html
CVE-2010-1676
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