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<patchinfo incident="16854"> <issue tracker="bnc" id="1189489">VUL-0: CVE-2021-38385: tor: assertion failure in signature verification</issue> <issue tracker="cve" id="2021-38385"/> <packager>bmwiedemann</packager> <rating>moderate</rating> <category>security</category> <summary>Security update for tor</summary> <description>This update for tor fixes the following issues: tor 0.4.6.7: * Fix a DoS via a remotely triggerable assertion failure (boo#1189489, TROVE-2021-007, CVE-2021-38385) tor 0.4.6.6: * Enable the deterministic RNG for unit tests that covers the address set bloomfilter-based API's tor 0.4.6.5 * Add controller support for creating v3 onion services with client auth * When voting on a relay with a Sybil-like appearance, add the Sybil flag when clearing out the other flags. This lets a relay operator know why their relay hasn't been included in the consensus * Relays now report how overloaded they are * Add a new DoS subsystem to control the rate of client connections for relays * Relays now publish statistics about v3 onions services * Improve circuit timeout algorithm for client performance </description> </patchinfo>