CVE-2023-23589

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2023-23589

    CVE-2023-23589

    Published: 14 Jan 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-0.4.7/ReleaseNotes, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/23xxx/CVE-2023-23589.json, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYOLTP6HQO2HPXUYKOR7P5YYYN7CINQQ/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMY4FWXYKP3MDXTZ3EJ7XJVGBCKBK2XL/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23589, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-11, https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5320, https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40730, https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/commit/a282145b3634547ab84ccd959d0537c021ff7ffc, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00026.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7c1601fb6edd780ffef386936217ede9531c26e6

    Affected versions

    tor-0.4.7.1-alpha
    tor-0.4.7.12
    tor-0.4.7.11
    tor-0.4.7.9
    tor-0.4.7.8
    tor-0.4.7.7
    tor-0.4.7.6-rc
    tor-0.4.7.5-alpha
    tor-0.4.7.4-alpha
    tor-0.4.7.3-alpha
    tor-0.4.7.2-alpha
    tor-0.4.7.0-alpha-dev
    tor-0.4.6.2-alpha
    tor-0.4.6.1-alpha
    tor-0.4.6.0-alpha-dev
    tor-0.4.5.1-alpha
    tor-0.4.5.0-alpha-dev
    tor-0.4.4.0-alpha-dev
    tor-0.4.3.2-alpha
    tor-0.4.3.1-alpha
    tor-0.4.3.0-alpha-dev
    tor-0.4.2.2-alpha
    tor-0.4.2.1-alpha
    tor-0.4.1.2-alpha
    tor-0.4.1.1-alpha
    tor-0.4.1.0-alpha-dev
    tor-0.4.0.1-alpha
    tor-0.4.5.14

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2023-23589 | CVE-DB