SB2020031835 - Resource exhaustion in tor (Alpine package)
Published: March 18, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020031835
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10592)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource management. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ceb407392c233cc028b1646e49c658aa85d6fc23
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f9e3cf1b2b6a6d6dcf9332ebca68b4e167276d48
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d973662f3bf606989062d74e804a02b7c64a205a
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2185d3b8d25a0f2e63d09e74b9c29683ef41bc2d