Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-2768 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in TOR
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Tor before 0.2.2.34, when configured as a client or bridge, sends a TLS certificate chain as part of an outgoing OR connection, which allows remote relays to bypass intended anonymity properties by reading this chain and then determining the set of entry guards that the client or bridge had selected.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's configuration that allows an attacker to either directly access an executable file, for example through shell access; or in a possible worst case allows an attacker to upload a file and then execute it. Web servers, ftp servers, and message oriented middleware systems which have many integration points are particularly vulnerable, because both the programmers and the administrators must be in synch regarding the interfaces and the correct privileges for each interface.
- Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files, when the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high. The attack can be directed at a client system, such as causing buffer overrun through loading seemingly benign image files, as in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028 where specially crafted JPEG files could cause a buffer overrun once loaded into the browser. Another example targets clients reading pdf files. In this case the attacker simply appends javascript to the end of a legitimate url for a pdf (http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/) http://path/to/pdf/file.pdf#whatever_name_you_want=javascript:your_code_here The client assumes that they are reading a pdf, but the attacker has modified the resource and loaded executable javascript into the client's browser process. The attack can also target server processes. The attacker edits the resource or configuration file, for example a web.xml file used to configure security permissions for a J2EE app server, adding role name "public" grants all users with the public role the ability to use the administration functionality. The server trusts its configuration file to be correct, but when they are manipulated, the attacker gains full control.
- Blue Boxing This type of attack against older telephone switches and trunks has been around for decades. A tone is sent by an adversary to impersonate a supervisor signal which has the effect of rerouting or usurping command of the line. While the US infrastructure proper may not contain widespread vulnerabilities to this type of attack, many companies are connected globally through call centers and business process outsourcing. These international systems may be operated in countries which have not upgraded Telco infrastructure and so are vulnerable to Blue boxing. Blue boxing is a result of failure on the part of the system to enforce strong authorization for administrative functions. While the infrastructure is different than standard current applications like web applications, there are historical lessons to be learned to upgrade the access control for administrative functions.
- Restful Privilege Elevation Rest uses standard HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permissions methods, but these are not necessarily correlated generally with back end programs. Strict interpretation of HTTP get methods means that these HTTP Get services should not be used to delete information on the server, but there is no access control mechanism to back up this logic. This means that unless the services are properly ACL'd and the application's service implementation are following these guidelines then an HTTP request can easily execute a delete or update on the server side. The attacker identifies a HTTP Get URL such as http://victimsite/updateOrder, which calls out to a program to update orders on a database or other resource. The URL is not idempotent so the request can be submitted multiple times by the attacker, additionally, the attacker may be able to exploit the URL published as a Get method that actually performs updates (instead of merely retrieving data). This may result in malicious or inadvertent altering of data on the server.
- Target Programs with Elevated Privileges This attack targets programs running with elevated privileges. The attacker would try to leverage a bug in the running program and get arbitrary code to execute with elevated privileges. For instance an attacker would look for programs that write to the system directories or registry keys (such as HKLM, which stores a number of critical Windows environment variables). These programs are typically running with elevated privileges and have usually not been designed with security in mind. Such programs are excellent exploit targets because they yield lots of power when they break. The malicious user try to execute its code at the same level as a privileged system call.
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-2331.NASL description It has been discovered by last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2011-10-31 plugin id 56670 published 2011-10-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56670 title Debian DSA-2331-1 : tor - several vulnerabilities code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2331. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(56670); script_version("1.11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2768", "CVE-2011-2769"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2331"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2331-1 : tor - several vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "It has been discovered by 'frosty_un' that a design flaw in Tor, an online privacy tool, allows malicious relay servers to learn certain information that they should not be able to learn. Specifically, a relay that a user connects to directly could learn which other relays that user is connected to directly. In combination with other attacks, this issue can lead to deanonymizing the user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned CVE-2011-2768 to this issue. In addition to fixing the above mentioned issues, the updates to oldstable and stable fix a number of less critical issues (CVE-2011-2769 ). Please see the posting from the Tor blog for more information." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2768" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2769" ); # https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-02234-released-security-patches script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://blog.torproject.org/tor-02234-released-security-patches" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/tor" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2331" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the tor packages. For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.1.31-1~lenny+1. Due to technical limitations in the Debian archive scripts, the update cannot be released synchronously with the packages for stable. It will be released shortly. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.1.31-1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tor"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/10/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/10/31"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"tor", reference:"0.2.1.31-1~lenny+1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"tor", reference:"0.2.1.31-1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"tor-dbg", reference:"0.2.1.31-1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"tor-geoipdb", reference:"0.2.1.31-1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2011-15117.NASL description . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----= Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 56720 published 2011-11-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56720 title Fedora 15 : tor-0.2.1.31-1500.fc15 (2011-15117) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2011-15117. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(56720); script_version("1.11"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:34"); script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2768", "CVE-2011-2769"); script_bugtraq_id(50414); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2011-15117"); script_name(english:"Fedora 15 : tor-0.2.1.31-1500.fc15 (2011-15117)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: ". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----= Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749839" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/068757.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?11a0e618" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected tor package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tor"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/10/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/11/07"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^15([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 15.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC15", reference:"tor-0.2.1.31-1500.fc15")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "tor"); }
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201201-12.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201201-12 (Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor: When configured as client or bridge, Tor uses the same TLS certificate chain for all outgoing connections (CVE-2011-2768). When configured as a bridge, Tor relays can distinguish incoming bridge connections from client connections (CVE-2011-2769). An error in or/buffers.c could result in a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2011-2778). Impact : A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service. Furthermore, a remote relay the user is directly connected to may be able to disclose anonymous information about that user or enumerate bridges in the user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 57654 published 2012-01-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57654 title GLSA-201201-12 : Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201201-12. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(57654); script_version("1.7"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/11 17:09:26"); script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2768", "CVE-2011-2769", "CVE-2011-2778"); script_bugtraq_id(50414, 51097); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201201-12"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201201-12 : Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201201-12 (Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tor: When configured as client or bridge, Tor uses the same TLS certificate chain for all outgoing connections (CVE-2011-2768). When configured as a bridge, Tor relays can distinguish incoming bridge connections from client connections (CVE-2011-2769). An error in or/buffers.c could result in a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2011-2778). Impact : A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service. Furthermore, a remote relay the user is directly connected to may be able to disclose anonymous information about that user or enumerate bridges in the user's connection. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201201-12" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All Tor users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/tor-0.2.2.35'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tor"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/01/23"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/01/24"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"net-misc/tor", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.2.2.35"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.2.2.35"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Tor"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2011-15208.NASL description . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----= Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 56796 published 2011-11-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56796 title Fedora 16 : tor-0.2.2.34-1600.fc16 (2011-15208) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2011-17248.NASL description . Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 57476 published 2012-01-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57476 title Fedora 16 : tor-0.2.2.35-1601.fc16 (2011-17248) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2013-132.NASL description Updated tor package fixes security vulnerabilities : Tor before 0.2.2.34, when configured as a client or bridge, sends a TLS certificate chain as part of an outgoing OR connection, which allows remote relays to bypass intended anonymity properties by reading this chain and then determining the set of entry guards that the client or bridge had selected (CVE-2011-2768). Tor before 0.2.2.34, when configured as a bridge, accepts the CREATE and CREATE_FAST values in the Command field of a cell within an OR connection that it initiated, which allows remote relays to enumerate bridges by using these values (CVE-2011-2769). Use-after-free vulnerability in dns.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via vectors related to failed DNS requests (CVE-2012-3517). The networkstatus_parse_vote_from_string function in routerparse.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 does not properly handle an invalid flavor name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and daemon crash) via a crafted (1) vote document or (2) consensus document (CVE-2012-3518). routerlist.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 uses a different amount of time for relay-list iteration depending on which relay is chosen, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about relay selection via a timing side-channel attack (CVE-2012-3519). The compare_tor_addr_to_addr_policy function in or/policies.c in Tor before 0.2.2.39, and 0.2.3.x before 0.2.3.21-rc, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a zero-valued port field that is not properly handled during policy comparison (CVE-2012-4419). Tor before 0.2.2.39, when waiting for a client to renegotiate, allowed it to add bytes to the input buffer, allowing a crash to be caused remotely (tor-5934, tor-6007). Denial of Service vulnerability in Tor before 0.2.3.25, due to an error when handling SENDME cells and can be exploited to cause excessive consumption of memory resources within an entry node (SA51329, CVE-2012-5573). The version of Tor shipped in MBS1 did not have correctly formed systemd unit and thus failed to start. This updated version corrects this problem and restores working behaviour. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 66144 published 2013-04-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66144 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : tor (MDVSA-2013:132)