A tor security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3.

openSUSE-SU-2021:1192-1: moderate: Security update for tor

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for tor
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1192-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1189489
Cross-References: CVE-2021-38385
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

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:

* 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

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1192=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

tor-0.4.6.7-bp153.2.6.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38385.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189489