CVE-2017-8821
Description
In Tor before 0.2.5.16, 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, an attacker can cause a denial of service (application hang) via crafted PEM input that signifies a public key requiring a password, which triggers an attempt by the OpenSSL library to ask the user for the password, aka TROVE-2017-011.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.3.1.9-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.3.1.9-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.3.1.9-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.3.1.9-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.3.1.9-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| tor_project | tor | {"endExcluding":"0.2.5.16"} | 0.2.5.16 |
References
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.