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HistoryAug 19, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Security update for tor (important)

2021-08-1900:00:00
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for tor fixes the following issues:

tor 0.4.6.7:

  • Fix a DoS via a remotely triggerable assertion failure (boo#1189489,
    TROVE-2021-007, CVE-2021-38385)

tor 0.4.6.6:

  • Fix a compilation error with gcc 7, drop tor-0.4.6.5-gcc7.patch
  • Enable the deterministic RNG for unit tests that covers the address set
    bloomfilter-based API’s

tor 0.4.6.5

  • Add controller support for creating v3 onion services with client auth
  • When voting on a relay with a Sybil-like appearance, add the Sybil flag
    when clearing out the other flags. This lets a relay
    operator know why their relay hasn’t been included in the consensus
  • Relays now report how overloaded they are
  • Add a new DoS subsystem to control the rate of client connections for
    relays
  • Relays now publish statistics about v3 onions services
  • Improve circuit timeout algorithm for client performance

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or “zypper patch”.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.2:

    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1169=1

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
openSUSE Leap15.2x86_64< - openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):.x86_64.rpm