CVE-2020-10592

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Tor before 0.3.5.10, 0.4.x before 0.4.1.9, and 0.4.2.x before 0.4.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service (CPU consumption), aka TROVE-2020-002.

Affected products

openSUSE Backports: sle-15-sp1
openSUSE Leap: 15.1
torproject Tor: from 0.3.5 before 0.3.5.10; from 0.4.1.0 (excl.) before 0.4.1.9; from 0.4.2.0 (excl.) through 0.4.2.7 — fixed in 0.3.5.10, 0.4.1.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: torproject Tor 0.3.5.10, 0.4.1.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00045.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00052.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-50
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/33120
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00045.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00052.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-50
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/33120

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