CVE-2012-3518

published 2012-08-26

CVE-2012-3518: The networkstatus_parse_vote_from_string function in routerparse.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 does not properly handle an invalid flavor name, which allows remote…

Priority P4 22 medium 5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C N I N A P

The networkstatus_parse_vote_from_string function in routerparse.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 does not properly handle an invalid flavor name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and daemon crash) via a crafted (1) vote document or (2) consensus document.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	tor	< tor 0.2.3.20-rc-1 (bookworm)	tor 0.2.3.20-rc-1 (bookworm)
tor	tor	<= 0.2.2.37	—
torproject	tor	>= 0 < 0.2.3.20-rc-1	0.2.3.20-rc-1
torproject	tor	>= 0 < 0.2.3.20-rc-1	0.2.3.20-rc-1
torproject	tor	>= 0 < 0.2.3.20-rc-1	0.2.3.20-rc-1
torproject	tor	>= 0 < 0.2.3.20-rc-1	0.2.3.20-rc-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv 5.0 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 5.0 LOW

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