UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53159

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53159
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https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53159.json
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https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53159
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Published
2025-07-28T03:15:00Z
Modified
2025-12-02T22:53:05.994116Z
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:Pro:20.04:LTS / rust-openssl

Package

Name
rust-openssl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-openssl@0.10.23-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.10.23-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.10.23-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.10.23-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "librust-openssl-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS / rust-openssl

Package

Name
rust-openssl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-openssl@0.10.36-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.10.36-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.10.29-1
0.10.36-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.10.36-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "librust-openssl-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}