A tor security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4.

openSUSE-SU-2023:0027-1: moderate: Security update for tor

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for tor
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2023:0027-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1207110
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4
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An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for tor fixes the following issues:

tor 0.4.7.13:

* fix SafeSocks option to avoid DNS leaks (boo#1207110, TROVE-2022-002)
* improve congestion control
* fix relay channel handling

tor 0.4.7.12:

* new key for moria1
* new metrics are exported on the MetricsPort for the congestion control
subsystem

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2023-27=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

tor-0.4.7.13-bp154.2.12.1

References:

  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207110