Bug 1553369 (CVE-2018-0491)

Summary: CVE-2018-0491 tor: use-after-free in KIST implementation
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Laura Pardo <lpardo>
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Fixed In Version: tor 0.2.9.15, tor 0.3.2.10, tor 0.3.1.10, tor 0.3.3.3-alpha Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-03-08 18:21:34 UTC
A use-after-free issue was discovered in Tor 0.3.2.x before 0.3.2.10. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (relay crash) because the KIST implementation allows a channel to be added more than once in the pending list. 

References:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/24700
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25117
https://blog.torproject.org/new-stable-tor-releases-security-fixes-and-dos-prevention-03210-03110-02915

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-03-08 18:24:41 UTC
Created tor tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1553356]