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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703694
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3694-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'tor' package(s) announced via the DSA-3694-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'tor' package(s) announced via the DSA-3694-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It has been discovered that Tor treats the contents of some buffer chunks as if they were a NUL-terminated string. This issue could enable a remote attacker to crash a Tor client, hidden service, relay, or authority.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.5.12-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.8.9-1.

For the experimental distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.9.4-alpha-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tor packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'tor' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-8860
BugTraq ID: 95116
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95116
Debian Security Information: DSA-3694 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3694
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-45
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/11
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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