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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.854076
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:openSUSE: Security Advisory for tor (openSUSE-SU-2021:1169-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'tor'; package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2021:1169-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'tor'
package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2021:1169-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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

Affected Software/OS:
'tor' package(s) on openSUSE Leap 15.2.

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-2021-38385
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-11
https://blog.torproject.org
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