tor -- remote crash and potential remote code execution

Description:

The Tor Project reports:

Remotely exploitable bug that could be used to crash instances of Tor remotely by overflowing on the heap. Remote-code execution hasn't been confirmed, but can't be ruled out. Everyone should upgrade.

References:

• BugTraq ID 45500
• CVE name CVE-2010-1676
• FreeBSD PR ports/153326
• List post: <http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Dec-2010/msg00000.html>(search)
• List post: <http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Dec-2010/msg00167.html>(search)
• URL: <https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob/release-0.2.1:/ChangeLog>
• URL: <https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob/release-0.2.2:/ChangeLog>

Affects:

• tor <0.2.1.28
• tor-devel <0.2.2.20-alpha

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