MGASA-2021-0426

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    MGASA-2021-0426

    Published: 23 Sept 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-38385

    Summary: Updated tor packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Henry de Valence reported a flaw in the signature verification code in Tor, a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause an assertion failure, resulting in denial of service.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0426.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29377, https://blog.torproject.org/node/2062, https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/PMWWIBVBPI5X7QIC5VO3NJURIXL33ROT/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tor

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/tor?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.3.5.16-1.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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