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CVE-2014-5117

Published: Jul 30, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
5.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.1%
Top 20.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Tor before 0.2.4.23 and 0.2.5 before 0.2.5.6-alpha maintains a circuit after an inbound RELAY_EARLY cell is received by a client, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct traffic-confirmation attacks by using the pattern of RELAY and RELAY_EARLY cells as a means of communicating information about hidden service names.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

torproject
oss-project·USaka tor
torMixed
Security Products / secure-gateway-vpn
The Tor Project, Inc.
oss-project·USaka thetorproject, tor
TorMixed
Security Products / secure-gateway-vpn
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/60084
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/60647
secunia.com
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-security-advisory-relay-early-traffic-confirmation-attack
blog.torproject.org
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