# CVE-2009-0654: Tor 0.2.0.28, and probably 0.2.0.34 and earlier, allows remote attackers, with control of an entry router and an exit router, to confirm tha

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-02-20 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Tor 0.2.0.28, and probably 0.2.0.34 and earlier, allows remote attackers, with control of an entry router and an exit router, to confirm that a sender and receiver are communicating via vectors involving (1) replaying, (2) modifying, (3) inserting, or (4) deleting a single cell, and then observing cell recognition errors at the exit router. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, noting that the product's design "accepted end-to-end correlation as an attack that is too expensive to solve."

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## References

- http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-09/Fu/BlackHat-DC-09-Fu-Break-Tors-Anonymity.pdf
- http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-09/bh-dc-09-archives.html#Fu
- http://blog.torproject.org/blog/one-cell-enough

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