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CVE-2006-3417

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Tor client before 0.1.1.20 prefers entry points based on is_fast or is_stable flags, which could allow remote attackers to be preferred over nodes that are identified as more trustworthy "entry guard" (is_guard) systems by directory authorities.

Affected products

• Tor: 0.0.2, 0.0.2_pre13, 0.0.2_pre14, 0.0.2_pre15, 0.0.2_pre16, 0.0.2_pre17 (+62)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/20514
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-04.xml
• http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/ChangeLog
• http://www.osvdb.org/25879
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20514
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-04.xml
• http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/ChangeLog
• http://www.osvdb.org/25879

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