--- title: "CVE-2008-5397\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5397?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-5397 Publication date 9 December 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Tor before 0.2.0.32 does not properly process the (1) User and (2) Group configuration options, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging unintended supplementary group memberships of the Tor process. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | tor | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected | | 11.04 natty | Not affected | | 10.10 maverick | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release | | 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5397) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5397) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5397) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5397) ### Other references *