UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53158

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53158
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53158.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53158
Upstream
Published
2025-07-28T01:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:58:47Z
Severity
  • 4.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The gix-transport crate before 0.36.1 for Rust allows command execution via the "gix clone 'ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS" substring. NOTE: this was discovered before CVE-2024-32884, a similar vulnerability (involving a username field) that is more difficult to exploit.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / rust-gix-transport

Package

Name
rust-gix-transport
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-gix-transport@0.41.1-1build1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.41.1-1
0.41.1-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-gix-transport-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.41.1-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / rust-gix-transport

Package

Name
rust-gix-transport
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-gix-transport@0.44.0-1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.42.1-1
0.42.2-1
0.43.0-1
0.44.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-gix-transport-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.44.0-1"
        }
    ]
}