critical security vulnaribility fixed in Tor 0.1.2.16

[coderman]

On 8/4/07, vikingserver at gmail.com <vikingserver at gmail.com> wrote:
>  So in order to get attacked and get the torrc file modified, you first have
> to get infected by a worm, virus, malware or trojan horse that communicates
> with localhost:9051?

no.


>  There is no way that someone could directly attack me through port 9051
> behind a physical firewall? Is this correct?

what do you mean directly?  your firewall protects against remote
connections, but direct connections can be made from localhost.


>  If this is correct, then the chance of getting attacked behind a physical
> firewall is very low, right?

no.

best regards,