Debian Security Advisory

DLA-982-1 tor -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
10 Jun 2017
Affected Packages:
tor
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 864424.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-0376.
More information:

It has been discovered that Tor, a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system, contains a flaw in the hidden service code. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a hidden service to crash with an assertion failure (TROVE-2017-005).

For Debian 7 Wheezy, this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.4.29-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tor packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS