High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-11565
CVE-2017-11565
Description
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
2Patches
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99933nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugs.debian.org/869153nvdIssue TrackingMailing ListVendor Advisory
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