Medium severity · published Jan 14, 2023
CVE-2023-23589
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
6.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
36; 37 · source: NVD
TO
Tor · Torproject
before 0.4.7.13 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23589
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23589
Patch
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/commit/a282145b3634547ab84ccd959d0537c021ff7ffc
Exploit
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40730
Release Notes
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-0.4.7/ReleaseNotes
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00026.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYOLTP6HQO2HPXUYKOR7P5YYYN7CINQQ/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMY4FWXYKP3MDXTZ3EJ7XJVGBCKBK2XL/
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