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High
CVE-2008-5397
Tor before 0.2.0.32 does not properly process the (1) User...
Vulnerability Description
Tor before 0.2.0.32 does not properly process the (1) User and (2) Group configuration options, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging unintended supplementary group memberships of the Tor process.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34583
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32648
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33025
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3366
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47101
- http://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-0.2.0.32-released
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-11.xml
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.0.2, 0.0.2_pre13, 0.0.2_pre14, 0.0.2_pre15, 0.0.2_pre16, 0.0.2_pre17, 0.0.2_pre18, 0.0.2_pre19, 0.0.2_pre20, 0.0.2_pre21, 0.0.2_pre22, 0.0.2_pre23, 0.0.2_pre24, 0.0.2_pre25, 0.0.2_pre26, 0.0.2_pre27, 0.0.3, 0.0.4, 0.0.5, 0.0.6, 0.0.6.1, 0.0.6.2, 0.0.7, 0.0.7.1, 0.0.7.2, 0.0.7.3, 0.0.8, 0.0.8.1, 0.0.9, 0.0.9.1, 0.0.9.2, 0.0.9.3, 0.0.9.4, 0.0.9.5, 0.0.9.6, 0.0.9.7, 0.0.9.8, 0.0.9.9, 0.0.9.10, 0.1.0.1, 0.1.0.2, 0.1.0.3, 0.1.0.4, 0.1.0.5, 0.1.0.6, 0.1.0.7, 0.1.0.8, 0.1.0.9, 0.1.0.10, 0.1.0.11, 0.1.0.12, 0.1.0.13, 0.1.0.14, 0.1.0.15, 0.1.0.16, 0.1.0.17, 0.1.0.18, 0.1.0.19, 0.1.1.1, 0.1.1.1_alpha, 0.1.1.2, 0.1.1.2_alpha, 0.1.1.3, 0.1.1.3_alpha, 0.1.1.4, 0.1.1.4_alpha, 0.1.1.5, 0.1.1.5_alpha, 0.1.1.6, 0.1.1.6_alpha, 0.1.1.7, 0.1.1.7_alpha, 0.1.1.8, 0.1.1.8_alpha, 0.1.1.9, 0.1.1.9_alpha, 0.1.1.10, 0.1.1.10_alpha, 0.1.1.11, 0.1.1.12, 0.1.1.13, 0.1.1.14, 0.1.1.15, 0.1.1.16, 0.1.1.17, 0.1.1.18, 0.1.1.19, 0.1.1.20, 0.1.1.21, 0.1.1.22, 0.1.1.23, 0.1.1.26, 0.1.2.1_alpha-cvs, 0.1.2.14, 0.1.2.15, 0.1.2.17, 0.1.2.18, 0.1.2.19, 0.1.2.30
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 9th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.