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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900424
Category:Privilege escalation
Title:TOR Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Linux
Summary:TOR is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
TOR is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaws are due to:

- an application does not properly drop privileges to the primary groups
of the user specified by the User Parameter.

- a ClientDNSRejectInternalAddresses configuration option is not always
enforced which weaknesses the application security.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will let the attacker gain privileges and escalate
the privileges in malicious ways.

Affected Software/OS:
Tor version 0.2.0.31 or prior.

Solution:
Upgrade to the latest version 0.2.0.32.

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5397
BugTraq ID: 32648
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32648
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-11.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/33025
http://secunia.com/advisories/34583
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3366
XForce ISS Database: tor-user-privilege-escalation(47101)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47101
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5398
XForce ISS Database: tor-clientdnsreject-security-bypass(47102)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47102
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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