CVE-2012-3517

Use-after-free vulnerability in dns.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via vectors related to failed DNS requests.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/62637fa22405278758febb1743da9af562524d4c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849949
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/6
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2012-August/000086.html
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6480	Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00048.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088006.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-03.xml

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2012-08-25 20:17

Updated : 2013-08-21 20:56

NVD link : CVE-2012-3517

Mitre link : CVE-2012-3517

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

Products Affected

tor

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