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Bug 852821 (CVE-2022-33903, TROVE-2022-001) - <net-vpn/tor-0.4.7.8: triggerable congestion control performance drop
Summary: <net-vpn/tor-0.4.7.8: triggerable congestion control performance drop
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2022-33903, TROVE-2022-001
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal minor
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermai...
Whiteboard: B3 [glsa+]
Keywords:
Depends on: 852824
Blocks:
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Reported: 2022-06-17 18:14 UTC by John Helmert III
Modified: 2023-05-03 09:55 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2022-06-17 18:14:38 UTC 
"Sorry for the short notice but we had to act fast on this one. Either today or
tomorrow, we'll release 0.4.7.8 with an important security fix. This is
tracked with TROVE-2022-001[0] and at the moment considered "High" severity."

Please bump to 0.4.7.8.
Comment 1 Anthony Basile gentoo-dev 2022-06-17 19:09:13 UTC 
(In reply to John Helmert III from comment #0)
> "Sorry for the short notice but we had to act fast on this one. Either today
> or
> tomorrow, we'll release 0.4.7.8 with an important security fix. This is
> tracked with TROVE-2022-001[0] and at the moment considered "High" severity."
> 
> Please bump to 0.4.7.8.

Its in the tree and the stabilization bug has been filed.
Comment 2 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2022-06-17 19:35:13 UTC 
(In reply to Anthony Basile from comment #1)
> (In reply to John Helmert III from comment #0)
> > "Sorry for the short notice but we had to act fast on this one. Either today
> > or
> > tomorrow, we'll release 0.4.7.8 with an important security fix. This is
> > tracked with TROVE-2022-001[0] and at the moment considered "High" severity."
> > 
> > Please bump to 0.4.7.8.
> 
> Its in the tree and the stabilization bug has been filed.

Thanks!
Comment 3 John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2022-06-17 20:32:57 UTC 
From release notes:

"  o Major bugfixes (congestion control, TROVE-2022-001):
    - Fix a scenario where RTT estimation can become wedged, seriously
      degrading congestion control performance on all circuits. This
      impacts clients, onion services, and relays, and can be triggered
      remotely by a malicious endpoint. Tracked as CVE-2022-33903. Fixes
      bug 40626; bugfix on 0.4.7.5-alpha."
Comment 4 John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-01-27 05:52:15 UTC 
GLSA request filed
Comment 5 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2023-05-03 09:54:40 UTC 
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glsa.git/commit/?id=464847c4e70c07cfb07a8715f613e418da18698e

commit 464847c4e70c07cfb07a8715f613e418da18698e
Author:     GLSAMaker <glsamaker@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-05-03 09:53:19 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2023-05-03 09:54:23 +0000

    [ GLSA 202305-11 ] Tor: Multiple Vulnerabilities
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/808681
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/852821
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/890618
    Signed-off-by: GLSAMaker <glsamaker@gentoo.org>
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>

 glsa-202305-11.xml | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)