CVE-2021-28089 Denial of service in n/a
A remote attacker can exhaust CPU resources on Tor nodes via the directory protocol, causing 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-2021-28089?
CVE-2021-28089 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 19 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Tor before 0.4.5.7 allows a remote participant in the Tor directory protocol to exhaust CPU resources on a target, aka TROVE-2021-001.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-28089?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Torproject Tor.
How do I fix CVE-2021-28089?
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-2021-28089 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-28089 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-28089, GHSA-4457-rx56-p82r, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28089.