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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202409-24
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 Severity: Low
    Title: Tor: Multiple Vulnerabilities
     Date: September 24, 2024
     Bugs: #916759, #917142
       ID: 202409-24

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tor, the worst of which
could result in denial of service.

Background
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Tor is an implementation of second generation Onion Routing, a
connection-oriented anonymizing communication service.

Affected packages
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Package      Vulnerable    Unaffected
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net-vpn/tor  < 0.4.8.9     >= 0.4.8.9

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor. Please review the
CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Tor users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-vpn/tor-0.4.8.9"

References
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[ 1 ] TROVE-2023-004
[ 2 ] TROVE-2023-006

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-24

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5