CVE-2012-5573 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-5573

The connection_edge_process_relay_cell function in or/relay.c in Tor before 0.2.3.25 maintains...

Vulnerability Description

The connection_edge_process_relay_cell function in or/relay.c in Tor before 0.2.3.25 maintains circuits even if an unexpected SENDME cell arrives, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or excessive cell reception rate) or bypass intended flow-control restrictions via a RELAY_COMMAND_SENDME command.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

tor
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.0.2, 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, 0.0.8.1, 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, 0.1.0.10, 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, 0.1.1.20, 0.1.1.21, 0.1.1.22, 0.1.1.23, 0.1.1.24, 0.1.1.25, 0.1.1.26, 0.1.2.13, 0.1.2.14, 0.1.2.15, 0.1.2.16, 0.1.2.17, 0.1.2.18, 0.1.2.19, 0.2.0.30, 0.2.0.31, 0.2.0.32, 0.2.0.33, 0.2.0.34, 0.2.0.35, 0.2.2.18, 0.2.2.19, 0.2.2.20, 0.2.2.21, 0.2.2.22, 0.2.2.23, 0.2.2.24, 0.2.2.25, 0.2.2.26, 0.2.2.27, 0.2.2.28, 0.2.2.29, 0.2.2.30, 0.2.2.31, 0.2.2.32, 0.2.2.33, 0.2.2.34, 0.2.2.35, 0.2.2.36, 0.2.2.37, 0.2.2.38, 0.2.3, 0.2.3.13, 0.2.3.14, 0.2.3.15, 0.2.3.16, 0.2.3.17, 0.2.3.18, 0.2.3.19, 0.2.3.20, 0.2.3.21, 0.2.3.22, 0.2.3.23

Timeline

Official Publish: January 1st, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.