CVE-2009-2425 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Tor before 0.2.0.35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed router descriptor.

Published: 2009-07-10

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.2.0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-2420	Tor before 0.2.0.35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed router descriptor.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01382.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jun-2009/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35546
http://www.osvdb.org/55340
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35505
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1716
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51376

History

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Subscriptions

Tor Tor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-07-10T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:52:14.676Z

Reserved: 2009-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2425

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-10T17:30:00.343

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2425

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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