Circuit ID Mishandling Vulnerability in Tor (TROVE-2021-005)

Circuit ID Mishandling Vulnerability in Tor (TROVE-2021-005)

CVE-2021-34549 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An issue was discovered in Tor before 0.4.6.5, aka TROVE-2021-005. Hashing is mishandled for certain retrieval of circuit data. Consequently. an attacker can trigger the use of an attacker-chosen circuit ID to cause algorithm inefficiency.

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