CVE-2012-3519 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

routerlist.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 uses a different amount of time for relay-list iteration depending on which relay is chosen, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about relay selection via a timing side-channel attack.

Published: 2012-08-26

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-3474	routerlist.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 uses a different amount of time for relay-list iteration depending on which relay is chosen, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about relay selection via a timing side-channel attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00635.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00048.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/6
http://secunia.com/advisories/50583
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-03.xml
https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/308f6dad20675c42b29862f4269ad1fbfb00dc9a
https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/d48cebc5e498b0ae673635f40fc57cdddab45d5b
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2012-August/000086.html
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6537

History

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Tor Tor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-08-26T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.746Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3519

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-08-26T03:17:44.153

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-3519

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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