Candidate: CVE-2017-8822
PublicDate: 2017-12-03 07:29:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8822
 https://bugs.torproject.org/21534
 https://blog.torproject.org/new-stable-tor-releases-security-fixes-0319-03013-02914-02817-02516
Description:
 In Tor before 0.2.5.16, 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before
 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, relays (that
 have incompletely downloaded descriptors) can pick themselves in a circuit
 path, leading to a degradation of anonymity, aka TROVE-2017-012.
Ubuntu-Description:
 It was discovered that Tor could make itself part of a circuit path
 resulting in degraded anonymity.
Notes:
Bugs:
Priority: low
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N [3.7 LOW]


Patches_tor:
upstream_tor: released (0.2.9.14-1, 0.3.1.9-1)
precise/esm_tor: DNE
trusty_tor: released (0.2.4.27-1ubuntu0.1)
trusty/esm_tor: released (0.2.4.27-1ubuntu0.1)
xenial_tor: released (0.2.9.14-1ubuntu1~16.04.2)
zesty_tor: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_tor: released (0.3.0.13-0ubuntu1~17.10.2)
bionic_tor: not-affected (0.3.1.9-1)
cosmic_tor: not-affected (0.3.1.9-1)
devel_tor: not-affected (0.3.1.9-1)