CVE-2009-0654

tor: allows breaking its anonymity via single cell

Published Feb 20, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
Tor 0.2.0.28, and probably 0.2.0.34 and earlier, allows remote attackers, with control of an entry router and an exit router, to confirm that a sender and receiver are communicating via vectors involving (1) replaying, (2) modifying, (3) inserting, or (4) deleting a single cell, and then observing cell recognition errors at the exit router. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, noting that the product's design "accepted end-to-end correlation as an attack that is too expensive to solve."

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0657 Tor 0.2.0.28, and probably 0.2.0.34 and earlier, allows remote attackers, with control of an entry router and an exit router, to confirm that a sender and receiver are communicating via vectors involving (1) replaying, (2) modifying, (3) inserting, or (4) deleting a single cell, and then observing cell recognition errors at the exit router. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, noting that the product's design "accepted end-to-end correlation as an attack that is too expensive to solve."
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 3:13 AM
Reserved
Feb 20, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 20, 2009, 7:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:05 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 16, 2009, 12:00 AM