CVE-2014-5117

Summary

CVECVE-2014-5117
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-30 16:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionTor before 0.2.4.23 and 0.2.5 before 0.2.5.6-alpha maintains a circuit after an inbound RELAY_EARLY cell is received by a client, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct traffic-confirmation attacks by using the pattern of RELAY and RELAY_EARLY cells as a means of communicating information about hidden service names.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre13 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre14 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre15 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre16 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre17 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre18 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre19 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre20 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre21 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre22 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre23 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre24 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre25 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre26 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.2 pre27 All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.3 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.4 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.5 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.6 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.6.1 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.6.2 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.7 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.7.1 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.7.2 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.7.3 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.8.1 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.9.1 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.9.10 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.9.2 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.9.3 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.9.4 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.9.5 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.9.6 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.9.7 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.9.8 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.0.9.9 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.0.10 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.0.11 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.0.12 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.0.13 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.0.14 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.0.15 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.0.16 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.0.17 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.1.20 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.1.21 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.1.22 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.1.23 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.1.24 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.1.25 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.1.26 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.2.13 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.2.14 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.2.15 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.2.16 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.2.17 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.2.18 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.1.2.19 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.0.30 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.0.31 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.0.32 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.0.33 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.0.34 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.0.35 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.18 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.19 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.20 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.21 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.22 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.23 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.24 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.25 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.26 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.27 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.28 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.29 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.30 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.31 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.32 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.33 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.34 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.35 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.36 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.37 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.2.38 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.3 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.3.13 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.3.14 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.3.15 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.3.16 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.3.17 beta All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.3.18 rc All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.3.19 rc All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.3.20 rc All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.3.21 rc All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.3.22 rc All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.3.23 rc All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.3.24 rc All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.1 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.10 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.11 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.12 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.13 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.14 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.15 rc All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.16 rc All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.17 rc All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.18 rc All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.19 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.2 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.20 All All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.3 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.4 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.5 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.6 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.7 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.8 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.4.9 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.5.2 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.5.3 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.5.4 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor 0.2.5.5 alpha All All
Application Torproject Tor All alpha All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[tor-announce] Tor security advisory: "relay early" traffic confirmation attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.torproject.org Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA60647 - Debian update for tor - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
#1038 (Problem facing connecting a Tor client to a Tor hidden server) – Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.torproject.org
[tor-talk] Tor 0.2.5.6-alpha is out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.torproject.org
Tor security advisory: "relay early" traffic confirmation attack | The Tor Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.torproject.org
Security Advisory SA60084 - SUSE update for tor - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[tor-announce] Tor 0.2.4.23 is released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.torproject.org
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