DSA-4054-1 tor -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4054-1 tor -- security update

Date Reported:

03 Dec 2017

Affected Packages:

tor

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-8819, CVE-2017-8820, CVE-2017-8821, CVE-2017-8822, CVE-2017-8823.

More information:

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tor, a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.2.5.16-1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.2.9.14-1.

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