Resource exhaustion in Tor - CVE-2020-10592

 

Resource exhaustion in Tor - CVE-2020-10592

Published: April 1, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26505
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10592
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: tor.eff.org
Affected software:
Tor

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper resource management. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-10592

Install updates from vendor's website.

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