7.5
HIGH
CVE-2019-8955
Tor KIST Cell Scheduler Denial of Service Vulncibility
Description

In Tor before 0.3.3.12, 0.3.4.x before 0.3.4.11, 0.3.5.x before 0.3.5.8, and 0.4.x before 0.4.0.2-alpha, remote denial of service against Tor clients and relays can occur via memory exhaustion in the KIST cell scheduler.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 21, 2019, 11:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:50 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-8955 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Torproject tor

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-8955 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-8955 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00013.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107136
    Added Reference https://blog.torproject.org/new-releases-tor-0402-alpha-0358-03411-and-03312
    Added Reference https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/29168
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-400 CWE-770
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00013.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107136 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107136 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107136 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.torproject.org/new-releases-tor-0402-alpha-0358-03411-and-03312 No Types Assigned https://blog.torproject.org/new-releases-tor-0402-alpha-0358-03411-and-03312 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/29168 No Types Assigned https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/29168 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.3.3.12 *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.4.0:alpha-dev:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.4.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.4.2:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.4.3:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.4.4:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.4.5:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.4.6:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.4.7:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.3.4.8 up to (excluding) 0.3.4.11 *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.5.0:alpha-dev:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.5.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.5.2:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.5.3:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.5.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.5.5:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.5.6:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.3.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.4.0.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-8955 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.77 }} -0.82%

score

0.81125

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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