Vulnerability in Torproject Tor
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.
EPSS: 0.008 (53.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Torproject Tor
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0, 11.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 36, 37
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-23589?
- CVE-2023-23589 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Torproject Tor, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-01-14.
- How severe is CVE-2023-23589?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.