CVE-2015-2689 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Tor before 0.2.4.26 and 0.2.5.x before 0.2.5.11 does not properly handle pending-connection resolve states during periods of high DNS load, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via crafted packets.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00648.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
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Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-2779	Tor before 0.2.4.26 and 0.2.5.x before 0.2.5.11 does not properly handle pending-connection resolve states during periods of high DNS load, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via crafted packets.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-March/037281.html
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/14129

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2020-01-24T17:46:17

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:24:37.938Z

Reserved: 2015-03-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-2689

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-24T18:15:12.317

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:27:51.480

Link: CVE-2015-2689

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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