MediumFix available
tor — security advisory
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.
- Products
- tor
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.4.7.13-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-23589
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 15:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23589
tor
Fixed versions: 0.4.7.13-1
tor
Fixed versions: 0.4.7.13-1
tor
Fixed versions: 0.4.7.13-1
Complete source record
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