CVE-2017-8822 (GCVE-0-2017-8822)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-03 07:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:48
VLAI
Summary
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, relays (that have incompletely downloaded descriptors) can pick themselves in a circuit path, leading to a degradation of anonymity, aka TROVE-2017-012.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • loss of anonymity
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a 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 Affected: 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
Date Public
2017-12-03 00:00
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