CVE-2023-53159
MEDIUM4.5EPSS 0.24%`openssl` `X509VerifyParamRef::set_host` buffer over-read
Published: 6/21/2023Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The openssl crate before 0.10.55 for Rust allows an out-of-bounds read via an empty string to X509VerifyParamRef::set_host.
Affected packages (3)
- crates.io/openssl>= 0.10.0, < 0.10.55
- crates.io/openssl>= 0.0.0-0, < 0.10.55
- Debian/rust-opensslfrom 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L |
References (7)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53159
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53159
- PATCHhttps://crates.io/crates/openssl
- PATCHhttps://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl
- WEBhttps://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/issues/1965
- WEBhttps://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/pull/1968
- WEBhttps://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0044.html