DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5397

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5397
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5397.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5397
Upstream
Published
2008-12-09T00:30:00.567Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:19:07.556540Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / tor

Package

Name
tor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.2.0.32-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5397.json"

Debian:12 / tor

Package

Name
tor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.2.0.32-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5397.json"

Debian:13 / tor

Package

Name
tor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.2.0.32-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5397.json"

Debian:14 / tor

Package

Name
tor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.2.0.32-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5397.json"