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CVE-2017-11565
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-07-23T20:29:00.173 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:02:00.870

Summary

debian/tor.init in the Debian tor_0.2.9.11-1~deb9u1 package for Tor was designed to execute aa-exec from the standard system pathname if the apparmor package is installed, but implements this incorrectly (with a wrong assumption that the specific pathname would remain the same forever), which allows attackers to bypass intended AppArmor restrictions by leveraging the silent loss of this protection mechanism. NOTE: this does not affect systems, such as default Debian stretch installations, on which Tor startup relies on a systemd unit file (instead of this tor.init script).

Affected products

debian — tor

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References

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