CVE-2017-8821

Published Dec 3, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Tor before 0.2.5.16, 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, an attacker can cause a denial of service (application hang) via crafted PEM input that signifies a public key requiring a password, which triggers an attempt by the OpenSSL library to ask the user for the password, aka TROVE-2017-011.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4054-1 tor security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17764 In Tor before 0.2.5.16, 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, an attacker can cause a denial of service (application hang) via crafted PEM input that signifies a public key requiring a password, which triggers an attempt by the OpenSSL library to ask the user for the password, aka TROVE-2017-011.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
debian
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 4:48 PM
Reserved
May 7, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 3, 2017, 7:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:27 AM