SB2020071542 - Buffer overflow in tor.eff Tor
Published: July 15, 2020 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020071542
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15572)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Tor before 0.4.3.6 has an out-of-bounds memory access that allows a remote denial-of-service (crash) attack against Tor instances built to use Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), aka TROVE-2020-001.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.