CVE-2012-3518
Tor < 0.2.2.37 - Denial of Service via Invalid Flavor Name in Vote or Consensus Document
Title source: llmDescription
The networkstatus_parse_vote_from_string function in routerparse.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 does not properly handle an invalid flavor name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and daemon crash) via a crafted (1) vote document or (2) consensus document.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2012-August/000086.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50583
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00048.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6530
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-03.xml
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/6
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/55f635745afacefffdaafc72cc176ca7ab817546
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/57e35ad3d91724882c345ac709666a551a977f0f
Scores
EPSS
0.0278
EPSS Percentile
84.7%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
tor/tor
< 0.2.2.37
Published
Aug 26, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026