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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5320-1 tor -- security update

Date Reported:

16 Jan 2023

Affected Packages:

tor

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-23589.

More information:

A logic error was discovered in the implementation of the SafeSocks option of Tor, a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system, which did result in allowing unsafe SOCKS4 traffic to pass.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.5.16-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tor packages.

For the detailed security status of tor please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/tor