CVE-2009-2425 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the Tor application by sending a malformed router descriptor, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2009-2425?

CVE-2009-2425 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Tor Tor, published on 10 Jul 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Tor before 0.2.0.35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed router descriptor.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2425?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tor Tor.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2425?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2009-2425 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2425 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2425, GHSA-g9ch-j48j-jfg7.

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