CVE-2014-5117
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CVE-2014-5117
Tor before 0.2.4.23 and 0.2.5 before 0.2.5.6-alpha maintains a circuit after an inbound RELAY_EARLY cell is received by a client, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct traffic-confirmation attacks by using the pattern of RELAY and RELAY_EARLY cells as a means of communicating information about hidden service names.
Exploit probability
2.1%
Published
July 30, 2014
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2014-5117
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Tor before 0.2.4.23 and 0.2.5 before 0.2.5.6-alpha maintains a circuit after an inbound RELAY_EARLY cell is received by a client, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct traffic-confirmation attacks by using the pattern of RELAY and RELAY_EARLY cells as a means of communicating information about hidden service names.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60084
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60647
- https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-security-advisory-relay-early-traffic-confirmation-attack
- https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2014-July/000093.html
- https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2014-July/000094.html
- https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-July/034180.html
- https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/1038