CVE-2020-10593
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.023 · 84 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Tor before 0.3.5.10, 0.4.x before 0.4.1.9, and 0.4.2.x before 0.4.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service (memory leak), aka TROVE-2020-004. This occurs in circpad_setup_machine_on_circ because a circuit-padding machine can be negotiated twice on the same circuit.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (8)
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references (17)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00045.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00052.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10593cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156821/TOR-Virtual-Network-Tunneling-Tool-0.4.2.7.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156913/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202003-50.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-50cnnvd
- https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/33619cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Tor-memory-leak-via-circpad-setup-machine-on-circ-31902cnnvd
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