CVE-2023-23589
MEDIUMTor < 0.4.7.13 - Protection Mechanism Failure in SafeSocks Option
Title source: llmDescription
The SafeSocks option in Tor before 0.4.7.13 has a logic error in which the unsafe SOCKS4 protocol can be used but not the safe SOCKS4a protocol, aka TROVE-2022-002.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/commit/a282145b3634547ab84ccd959d0537c021ff7ffc
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40730
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-0.4.7/ReleaseNotes
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5320
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMY4FWXYKP3MDXTZ3EJ7XJVGBCKBK2XL/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYOLTP6HQO2HPXUYKOR7P5YYYN7CINQQ/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00026.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-11
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0078
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-693
Status
published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
11.0
fedoraproject/fedora
36
fedoraproject/fedora
37
torproject/tor
< 0.4.7.13
Published
Jan 14, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026