OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1169-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2021-08-19 15:21 - Updated: 2026-09-20 19:28
Summary
Security update for tor
Severity
Important
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for tor
Description of the patch: This update for tor fixes the following issues: tor 0.4.6.7: * Fix a DoS via a remotely triggerable assertion failure (boo#1189489, TROVE-2021-007, CVE-2021-38385) tor 0.4.6.6: * Fix a compilation error with gcc 7, drop tor-0.4.6.5-gcc7.patch * Enable the deterministic RNG for unit tests that covers the address set bloomfilter-based API's tor 0.4.6.5 * Add controller support for creating v3 onion services with client auth * When voting on a relay with a Sybil-like appearance, add the Sybil flag when clearing out the other flags. This lets a relay operator know why their relay hasn't been included in the consensus * Relays now report how overloaded they are * Add a new DoS subsystem to control the rate of client connections for relays * Relays now publish statistics about v3 onions services * Improve circuit timeout algorithm for client performance
Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-1169
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.2:tor-0:0.4.6.7-lp152.2.15.1.x86_64
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important

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