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Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2023 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2023-23589

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the tor package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 41.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12tor0.4.7.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23589
Debian:13tor0.4.7.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23589
Debian:14tor0.4.7.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23589
Ubuntu:22.04:LTStorno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-23589

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-693 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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