VDB-47177 · CVE-2009-0937 · BID 33713

Tor up to 0.2.0.33 denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Tor (Network Encryption Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Tor before 0.2.0.34 allows directory mirrors to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 02/09/2009. The weakness was disclosed 03/17/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.seul.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0937 since 03/17/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35672 (FreeBSD : tor -- multiple vulnerabilities (78f5606b-f9d1-11dd-b79c-0030843d3802)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (35672). The entries 47179, 47178 and 47176 are pretty similar.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Nessus ID: 35672
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : tor -- multiple vulnerabilities (78f5606b-f9d1-11dd-b79c-0030843d3802)
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OpenVAS ID: 63352
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: tor
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/17/2015 +2164 days 🔍
09/01/2019 +1629 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.seul.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-0937 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 21540 - Tor Prior to 0.2.0.34 Unspecified Directory Mirrors DoS Vulnerability via Unknown Vectors, Low
SecurityFocus: 33713 - Tor Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33880
OSVDB: 54022 - CVE-2009-0937 - Tor - Unspecified Issue

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/01/2019 12:29
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (70), 09/01/2019 12:29 (5)
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