CVE-2023-53159
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
The openssl crate before 0.10.55 for Rust allows an out-of-bounds read via an empty string to X509VerifyParamRef::set_host.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.10.57-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.10.57-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.10.57-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
References
- https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/issues/1965
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53159
- https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/pull/1968
- https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0044.html
- https://crates.io/crates/openssl
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53159
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.