CVE-2018-0490 (GCVE-0-2018-0490)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-05 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 03:28
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in Tor before 0.2.9.15, 0.3.1.x before 0.3.1.10, and 0.3.2.x before 0.3.2.10. The directory-authority protocol-list subprotocol implementation allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and directory-authority crash) via a misformatted relay descriptor that is mishandled during voting.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • NULL pointer dereference
Assigner
debian CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 2 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Tor Affected: Tor
Date Public
2018-03-05 00:00
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