CVE catalog
CVE-2023-53159
rust-openssl vulnerabilities
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.21% · Oct 25, 2026
The openssl crate before 0.10.55 for Rust allows an out-of-bounds read via an empty string to X509VerifyParamRef::set_host.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | rust-openssl | sid | 0.10.81-1 | fixed |
| Debian | rust-openssl | forky | 0.10.81-1 | fixed |
| Debian | rust-openssl | trixie | 0.10.72-1 | fixed |
| Debian | rust-openssl | bookworm | 0.10.45-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | rust-openssl | noble | Not reported | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | rust-openssl | noble | 0.10.57-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | librust-openssl-dev | noble | 0.10.57-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Cpe | openssl | Not reported | 0.10.55 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | rust-openssl | pro | 0.10.29-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | rust-openssl | pro | 0.10.36-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | rust-openssl | pro | 0.10.36-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | rust-openssl | pro | 0.10.45-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | rust-openssl | pro | 0.10.57-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | rust-openssl | pro | 0.10.57-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | rust-openssl | source | sid | 0.10.57-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | rust-openssl | source | forky | 0.10.57-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | rust-openssl | source | trixie | 0.10.57-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | rust-openssl | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | rust-openssl | deb | noble | 0.10.57-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | librust-openssl-dev | deb | noble | 0.10.57-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Cpe | openssl | cpe | Not reported | 0.10.55 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2023-53159 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | rust-openssl | deb | pro | 0.10.36-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53159 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | rust-openssl | deb | pro | 0.10.57-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | USN-7891-1 | Not reported |
Notes
[bookworm] rust-openssl: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [librust-openssl-dev]Affected
Source package: [rust-openssl]
Details (2)
0.10.45-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
usn · rust-openssl · debian · bookworm; usn · rust-openssl · debian · 12
0.10.45-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
usn · rust-openssl · debian · bookworm; usn · rust-openssl · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [librust-openssl-dev]Fixed
Source package: [rust-openssl]
Details (2)
0.10.72-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.10.57-1usn · rust-openssl · debian · 13
0.10.72-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.10.57-1usn · rust-openssl · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53159]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53159]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53159]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7891-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53159]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-53159.json]
- [https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7891-1]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)]