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🛡️ openSUSE-SU-2021:1178-1 — tor (CVE-2021-38385)

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

Security update for tor

This update for tor fixes the following issues:

tor 0.4.6.7:

  • Fix a DoS via a remotely triggerable assertion failure

(boo#1189489, TROVE-2021-007, CVE-2021-38385)

tor 0.4.6.6:

  • Fix a compilation error with gcc 7, drop tor-0.4.6.5-gcc7.patch
  • Enable the deterministic RNG for unit tests that covers the

address set bloomfilter-based API's

tor 0.4.6.5

  • Add controller support for creating v3 onion services with

client auth

  • When voting on a relay with a Sybil-like appearance, add the

Sybil flag when clearing out the other flags. This lets a relay

operator know why their relay hasn't been included in the

consensus

  • Relays now report how overloaded they are
  • Add a new DoS subsystem to control the rate of client

connections for relays

  • Relays now publish statistics about v3 onions services
  • Improve circuit timeout algorithm for client performance

This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update update project.

Affected software

openSUSE-SU-2021:1178-1 is recorded against 1 package.

  • tor (fixed in 0.4.6.7-bp152.2.15.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 22 August 2021 and last revised on 4 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

lists.opensuse.org (Advisory)
bugzilla.suse.com (Report)
www.suse.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2021-08-22
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-02-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
tor — 0.4.6.7-bp152.2.15.1

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