CVE-2020-15572
Publication date 15 July 2020
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Tor before 0.4.3.6 has an out-of-bounds memory access that allows a remote denial-of-service (crash) attack against Tor instances built to use Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), aka TROVE-2020-001.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| tor | 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
Notes
alexmurray
tor in Ubuntu is not compiled with NSS support (instead we use OpenSSL) and so the tor package in Ubuntu is not affected by this vulnerability.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
7.5 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |