CVE-2011-0016

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    CVE-2011-0016

    Published: 19 Jan 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Tor before 0.2.1.29 and 0.2.2.x before 0.2.2.21-alpha does not properly manage key data in memory, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the ability to read memory that was previously used by a different process.

    References: http://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-02129-released-security-patches, http://secunia.com/advisories/42905, http://secunia.com/advisories/42907, http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2148, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0131, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0132, http://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-02129-released-security-patches, http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jan-2011/msg00000.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/18/7, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45832, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024980, https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob/refs/heads/release-0.2.2:/ChangeLog, https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/2384, https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/2385

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High