Resource management error in Tor - CVE-2011-0016
Published: January 19, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45426
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0016
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: tor.eff.org
Affected software:
Tor
Tor
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Tor before 0.2.1.29 and 0.2.2.x before 0.2.2.21-alpha does not properly manage key data in memory, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the ability to read memory that was previously used by a different process.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-0016
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jan-2011/msg00000.html
- http://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-02129-released-security-patches
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42905
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42907
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2148
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/18/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45832
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024980
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0131
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0132
- https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob/refs/heads/release-0.2.2:/ChangeLog
- https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/2384
- https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/2385