UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53159

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53159
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53159.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53159
Upstream
Published
2025-07-28T03:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T05:04:35Z
Severity
  • 4.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The openssl crate before 0.10.55 for Rust allows an out-of-bounds read via an empty string to X509VerifyParamRef::set_host.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / rust-openssl

Package

Name
rust-openssl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-openssl@0.10.23-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.10.23-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-openssl-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.10.23-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / rust-openssl

Package

Name
rust-openssl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-openssl@0.10.36-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.10.29-1
0.10.36-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-openssl-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.10.36-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / rust-openssl

Package

Name
rust-openssl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-openssl@0.10.57-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.10.45-1
0.10.57-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-openssl-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.10.57-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.10 / rust-openssl

Package

Name
rust-openssl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-openssl@0.10.72-1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.10.70-1
0.10.72-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-openssl-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.10.72-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / rust-openssl

Package

Name
rust-openssl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-openssl@0.10.70-1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.10.64-1
0.10.68-1
0.10.70-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-openssl-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.10.70-1"
        }
    ]
}