Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-150 - Tor before 0.2.4.23 maintains a circuit after an inbound RELAY_EARLY cell is received by a client, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct traffic-confirmation attacks by using the pattern of RELAY and RELAY_EARLY cells as a means of communicating information about hidden service names.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2014:150
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : tor
Date : August 6, 2014
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:
Updated tor package fixes security vulnerability:
Tor before 0.2.4.23 maintains a circuit after an inbound RELAY_EARLY
cell is received by a client, which makes it easier for remote
attackers to conduct traffic-confirmation attacks by using the pattern
of RELAY and RELAY_EARLY cells as a means of communicating information
about hidden service names (CVE-2014-5117).
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5117
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0312.html
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
3e0f97955d0b6c502370a236a72e24d1 mbs1/x86_64/tor-0.2.4.23-1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
b86c8f18399a3608b67d360ae53c8d84 mbs1/SRPMS/tor-0.2.4.23-1.mbs1.src.rpm
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gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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