CVE-2017-8821 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Project TOR
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 3
Latest updateMay 17
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages2 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
1Debian▶
CVE-2017-8821: tor - 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....↗2017