CVE-2016-1254

Name	CVE-2016-1254
Description	Tor before 0.2.8.12 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a crafted hidden service descriptor.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-754-1, DSA-3741-1
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs	848847

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
tor (PTS)	jessie (security), jessie	0.2.5.16-1	fixed
	stretch	0.2.9.16-1	fixed
	stretch (security)	0.2.9.15-1	fixed
	buster, sid	0.3.5.8-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
tor	source	(unstable)	0.2.9.8-2	medium		848847
tor	source	jessie	0.2.5.12-4	medium	DSA-3741-1
tor	source	wheezy	0.2.4.27-3	medium	DLA-754-1

https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-02812-released
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21018