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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2017-97efaab7e7
2017-12-21 17:41:02.538645
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Name : tor
Product : Fedora EPEL 7
Version : 0.2.9.14
Release : 1.el7
URL :
https://www.torproject.org
Summary : Anonymizing overlay network for TCP
Description :
The Tor network is a group of volunteer-operated servers that allows people to
improve their privacy and security on the Internet. Tor's users employ this
network by connecting through a series of virtual tunnels rather than making a
direct connection, thus allowing both organizations and individuals to share
information over public networks without compromising their privacy. Along the
same line, Tor is an effective censorship circumvention tool, allowing its
users to reach otherwise blocked destinations or content. Tor can also be used
as a building block for software developers to create new communication tools
with built-in privacy features.
This package contains the Tor software that can act as either a server on the
Tor network, or as a client to connect to the Tor network.
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Update Information:
update to upstream release 0.2.9.14. Fixes: * CVE-2017-8819: Replay-cache
ineffective for v2 onion services * CVE-2017-8820: Remote DoS attack against
directory authorities * CVE-2017-8821: An attacker can make Tor ask for a
password * CVE-2017-8822: Relays can pick themselves in a circuit path *
CVE-2017-8823: Use-after-free in onion service v2
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1520864 - CVE-2017-8819 CVE-2017-8820 CVE-2017-8821 CVE-2017-8822
CVE-2017-8823 tor: Multiple vulnerabilities [epel-6]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1520864
[ 2 ] Bug #1527018 - tor-0.2.9.13-1.el7.x86_64 is unsecure and out of date
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527018
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update tor' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "YUM", available at
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/...
All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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