DSA-4871-1 tor -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4871-1 tor -- security update

Date Reported:

16 Mar 2021

Affected Packages:

tor

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-28089, CVE-2021-28090.

More information:

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Tor, a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system, which could lead to excessive CPU usage or cause a directory authority to crash.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 0.3.5.14-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tor packages.

For the detailed security status of tor please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/tor