| Name | CVE-2023-23589 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3286-1, DSA-5320-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tor (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 0.4.5.16-1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 0.4.7.16-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.4.8.16-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tor | source | buster | 0.3.5.16-1+deb10u1 | | DLA-3286-1 | |
| tor | source | bullseye | 0.4.5.16-1 | | DSA-5320-1 | |
| tor | source | (unstable) | 0.4.7.13-1 | | | |
Notes
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/release-0.4.7/ReleaseNotes
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40730
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/commit/a282145b3634547ab84ccd959d0537c021ff7ffc