Upstream information

CVE-2012-3518 at MITRE

Description

The networkstatus_parse_vote_from_string function in routerparse.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 does not properly handle an invalid flavor name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and daemon crash) via a crafted (1) vote document or (2) consensus document.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 776642 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2012:1068-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • tor >= 0.2.8.11-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10423

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 12:57:13 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:18:06 2025