CVE-2017-8821

Published Dec 3, 2017

Last updated 25 days ago

CVSS high 7.5

Overview

Description: In Tor before 0.2.5.16, 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, an attacker can cause a denial of service (application hang) via crafted PEM input that signifies a public key requiring a password, which triggers an attempt by the OpenSSL library to ask the user for the password, aka TROVE-2017-011.
Source: security@debian.org
NVD status: Deferred

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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            "versionEndExcluding": "0.2.5.16"
          },
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            "versionEndExcluding": "0.2.8.17",
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          },
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            "matchCriteriaId": "249879F0-6A12-41C2-9559-020021080696",
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          }
        ],
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      }
    ]
  },
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          },
          {
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]

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.

Overview

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Social media

Configurations

References