CVE-2023-23589

Summary

CVECVE-2023-23589
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-01-14 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 04:07:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Application Torproject Tor All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5320-1 tor DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: tor-0.4.7.13-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3286-1] tor security update MLIST lists.debian.org
TROVE-2022-002: The SafeSocks option for SOCKS4(a) is inverted leading to SOCKS4 going through (#40730) · Issues · The Tor Project / Core / Tor · GitLab MISC gitlab.torproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: tor-0.4.7.13-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
socks: Make SafeSocks refuse SOCKS4 and accept SOCKS4a (a282145b) · Commits · The Tor Project / Core / Tor · GitLab MISC gitlab.torproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: tor-0.4.7.13-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-0.4.7/ReleaseNotes MISC gitlab.torproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: tor-0.4.7.13-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Tor: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-11) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181479 Debian Security Update for tor (DSA 5320-1)
  • 181563 Debian Security Update for tor (DLA 3286-1)
  • 184167 Debian Security Update for tor (CVE-2023-23589)
  • 283632 Fedora Security Update for tor (FEDORA-2023-1254a1fc28)
  • 283633 Fedora Security Update for tor (FEDORA-2023-c290171664)
  • 710727 Gentoo Linux Tor Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-11)
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