Vulnerabilities
Misconfiguration
Compliance
CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-5397

Published: Dec 09, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5397
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

Tor before 0.2.0.32 does not properly process the (1) User and (2) Group configuration options, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging unintended supplementary group memberships of the Tor process.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
TorTor*0.1.2.31 (including)
TorTor0.0.2 (including)0.0.2 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre13 (including)0.0.2_pre13 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre14 (including)0.0.2_pre14 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre15 (including)0.0.2_pre15 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre16 (including)0.0.2_pre16 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre17 (including)0.0.2_pre17 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre18 (including)0.0.2_pre18 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre19 (including)0.0.2_pre19 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre20 (including)0.0.2_pre20 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre21 (including)0.0.2_pre21 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre22 (including)0.0.2_pre22 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre23 (including)0.0.2_pre23 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre24 (including)0.0.2_pre24 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre25 (including)0.0.2_pre25 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre26 (including)0.0.2_pre26 (including)
TorTor0.0.2_pre27 (including)0.0.2_pre27 (including)
TorTor0.0.3 (including)0.0.3 (including)
TorTor0.0.4 (including)0.0.4 (including)
TorTor0.0.5 (including)0.0.5 (including)
TorTor0.0.6 (including)0.0.6 (including)
TorTor0.0.6.1 (including)0.0.6.1 (including)
TorTor0.0.6.2 (including)0.0.6.2 (including)
TorTor0.0.7 (including)0.0.7 (including)
TorTor0.0.7.1 (including)0.0.7.1 (including)
TorTor0.0.7.2 (including)0.0.7.2 (including)
TorTor0.0.7.3 (including)0.0.7.3 (including)
TorTor0.0.8 (including)0.0.8 (including)
TorTor0.0.8.1 (including)0.0.8.1 (including)
TorTor0.0.9 (including)0.0.9 (including)
TorTor0.0.9.1 (including)0.0.9.1 (including)
TorTor0.0.9.2 (including)0.0.9.2 (including)
TorTor0.0.9.3 (including)0.0.9.3 (including)
TorTor0.0.9.4 (including)0.0.9.4 (including)
TorTor0.0.9.5 (including)0.0.9.5 (including)
TorTor0.0.9.6 (including)0.0.9.6 (including)
TorTor0.0.9.7 (including)0.0.9.7 (including)
TorTor0.0.9.8 (including)0.0.9.8 (including)
TorTor0.0.9.9 (including)0.0.9.9 (including)
TorTor0.0.9.10 (including)0.0.9.10 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.1 (including)0.1.0.1 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.2 (including)0.1.0.2 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.3 (including)0.1.0.3 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.4 (including)0.1.0.4 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.5 (including)0.1.0.5 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.6 (including)0.1.0.6 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.7 (including)0.1.0.7 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.8 (including)0.1.0.8 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.9 (including)0.1.0.9 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.10 (including)0.1.0.10 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.11 (including)0.1.0.11 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.12 (including)0.1.0.12 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.13 (including)0.1.0.13 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.14 (including)0.1.0.14 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.15 (including)0.1.0.15 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.16 (including)0.1.0.16 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.17 (including)0.1.0.17 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.18 (including)0.1.0.18 (including)
TorTor0.1.0.19 (including)0.1.0.19 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.1 (including)0.1.1.1 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.1_alpha (including)0.1.1.1_alpha (including)
TorTor0.1.1.2 (including)0.1.1.2 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.2_alpha (including)0.1.1.2_alpha (including)
TorTor0.1.1.3 (including)0.1.1.3 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.3_alpha (including)0.1.1.3_alpha (including)
TorTor0.1.1.4 (including)0.1.1.4 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.4_alpha (including)0.1.1.4_alpha (including)
TorTor0.1.1.5 (including)0.1.1.5 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.5_alpha (including)0.1.1.5_alpha (including)
TorTor0.1.1.6 (including)0.1.1.6 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.6_alpha (including)0.1.1.6_alpha (including)
TorTor0.1.1.7 (including)0.1.1.7 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.7_alpha (including)0.1.1.7_alpha (including)
TorTor0.1.1.8 (including)0.1.1.8 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.8_alpha (including)0.1.1.8_alpha (including)
TorTor0.1.1.9 (including)0.1.1.9 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.9_alpha (including)0.1.1.9_alpha (including)
TorTor0.1.1.10 (including)0.1.1.10 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.10_alpha (including)0.1.1.10_alpha (including)
TorTor0.1.1.11 (including)0.1.1.11 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.12 (including)0.1.1.12 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.13 (including)0.1.1.13 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.14 (including)0.1.1.14 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.15 (including)0.1.1.15 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.16 (including)0.1.1.16 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.17 (including)0.1.1.17 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.18 (including)0.1.1.18 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.19 (including)0.1.1.19 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.20 (including)0.1.1.20 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.21 (including)0.1.1.21 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.22 (including)0.1.1.22 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.23 (including)0.1.1.23 (including)
TorTor0.1.1.26 (including)0.1.1.26 (including)
TorTor0.1.2.1_alpha-cvs (including)0.1.2.1_alpha-cvs (including)
TorTor0.1.2.14 (including)0.1.2.14 (including)
TorTor0.1.2.15 (including)0.1.2.15 (including)
TorTor0.1.2.17 (including)0.1.2.17 (including)
TorTor0.1.2.18 (including)0.1.2.18 (including)
TorTor0.1.2.19 (including)0.1.2.19 (including)
TorTor0.1.2.30 (including)0.1.2.30 (including)
TorUbuntudapper*
TorUbuntugutsy*
TorUbuntuhardy*
TorUbuntuintrepid*
TorUbuntuupstream*

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