36271 : Tor Unspecified ControlPort torrc Manipulation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-08-03

Description

Tor version 0.1.2.16 and prior contain a rewrite vulnerability that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure through a "torrc" configuration file manipulation. The issue is triggered when Control Port is running and an unspecified error occurs, involving multiple connections and missing authentication, which may compromise a user's anonymity, resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.1.2.16 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Tor

0.1.2.15

References

Security Tracker: 1018510
CVE ID: 2007-4174 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 25188
Secunia Advisory ID: 26301
SCIP VulDB ID: 3225
ISS X-Force ID: 35784 36407
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-2768
Other Advisory URL: http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Aug-2007/msg00000.html

Tools & Filters

	27726

Credit

Tor - Tor

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-08-07 | Disagree?

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