Tor hidden service information disclosure
| tor-service-information-disclosure (24285) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Tor could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. A design error in Tor could allow an attacker in control of a malicious Tor server to determine the location of a hidden service. The attacker could access the hidden service repeatedly to obtain sensitive information regarding Tor users.
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo, Linux
- Tor, Tor 0.1.1.10-a and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Tor (0.1.1.12-alpha or later), available from the Tor Download Web page. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2006-06-04 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- or-announce Mailing List, Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:03:40 -0500, Tor security advisory: hidden services can be located quickly at http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jan-2006/msg00001.html.
- Tor Download Web page, Tor: Packages and source at http://tor.eff.org/download.html.
- Tor Web site, Tor at http://tor.eff.org/.
- BID-18323: Trac Information Disclosure And Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- BID-19795: Tor Multiple Buffer Overflow/Information Disclosure/Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-0414: Tor before 0.1.1.20 allows remote attackers to identify hidden services via a malicious Tor server that attempts a large number of accesses of the hidden service, which eventually causes a circuit to be built through the malicious server.
- GLSA-200606-04: Tor: Several vulnerabilities
- SA18576: Tor Hidden Service Disclosure Weakness
Reported:
Jan 23, 2006
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