CVE-2007-4174 Information

Description

Tor before 0.1.2.16 when ControlPort is enabled does not properly restrict commands to localhost port 9051 which allows remote attackers to modify the torrc configuration file compromise anonymity and have other unspecified impact via HTTP POST data containing commands without valid authentication as demonstrated by an HTML form (1) hosted on a web site or (2) injected by a Tor exit node.

Reference

http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Aug-2007/msg00000.html http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Sep-2007/msg00000.html http://osvdb.org/36271 http://secunia.com/advisories/26301 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25188 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018510 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2768 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35784 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36407