CVE-2011-1924
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.028 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Buffer overflow in the policy_summarize function in or/policies.c in Tor before 0.2.1.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (directory authority crash) via a crafted policy that triggers creation of a long port list.
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affected products (205)
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references (25)
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- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061258.htmlcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43548cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44862cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46618cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705192cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705194cnnvd
- https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/43414eb98821d3b5c6c65181d7545ce938f82c8ecnnvd
- https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2011-February/000000.htmlcnnvd
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