CVE-2018-0491 (GCVE-0-2018-0491)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-05 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 03:28
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Summary
A use-after-free issue was discovered in Tor 0.3.2.x before 0.3.2.10. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (relay crash) because the KIST implementation allows a channel to be added more than once in the pending list.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • use-after-free
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Tor Affected: Tor
Date Public
2018-03-05 00:00
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