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title: "CVE-2012-3519\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-3519

Publication date 26 August 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

routerlist.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 uses a different amount of time for
relay-list iteration depending on which relay is chosen, which might allow
remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about relay selection via
a timing side-channel attack.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tor | 17.04 zesty | Fixed 0.2.3.22-rc-1 |
| 16.10 yakkety | Fixed 0.2.3.22-rc-1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 0.2.3.22-rc-1 |
| 15.10 wily | Fixed 0.2.3.22-rc-1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 0.2.3.22-rc-1 |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 0.2.3.22-rc-1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 0.2.3.22-rc-1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 0.2.3.22-rc-1 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 0.2.3.22-rc-1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 0.2.3.22-rc-1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3519?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| tor | * Upstream:   <https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commitdiff/308f6dad20675c42b29862f4269ad1fbfb00dc9a> * Upstream:   <https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commitdiff/d48cebc5e498b0ae673635f40fc57cdddab45d5b> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3519)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3519)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-3519)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3519)

### Other references

* <https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2012-August/000086.html>
* <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6537>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3519>
