UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3180

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3180
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3180.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3180
Upstream
Published
2017-02-07T17:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:12:10.549006Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Tor Browser Launcher (aka torbrowser-launcher) before 0.2.4, during the initial run, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass the PGP signature verification and execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse tar file and a signature file with the valid tarball and signature.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / torbrowser-launcher

Package

Name
torbrowser-launcher
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/torbrowser-launcher@0.2.4-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.2.4-1

Affected versions

0.*

0.2.0-2
0.2.1-1
0.2.1-2
0.2.2-2
0.2.2-3
0.2.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "torbrowser-launcher",
            "binary_version": "0.2.4-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}