CVE-2018-0491

Summary

CVECVE-2018-0491
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-05 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-26 18:52:00 UTC
DescriptionA use-after-free issue was discovered in Tor 0.3.2.x before 0.3.2.10. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (relay crash) because the KIST implementation allows a channel to be added more than once in the pending list.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Torproject Tor All All All All
Application Torproject Tor All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
New stable Tor releases, with security fixes and DoS prevention: 0.3.2.10, 0.3.1.10, 0.2.9.15 | Tor Blog CONFIRM blog.torproject.org Vendor Advisory
#24700 (sched: With KIST, a channel can be added more than once in the pending list) – Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki CONFIRM trac.torproject.org Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
#25117 (Resolve TROVE-2018-002: bug 24700 KIST use-after-free can be remotely triggered) – Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki CONFIRM trac.torproject.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Tor Browser < 0.3.2.10 - Use After Free (PoC) - Linux dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501257 Alpine Linux Security Update for tor
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