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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53160

low Nessus Plugin ID 252216

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - The sequoia-openpgp crate before 1.16.0 for Rust allows out-of-bounds array access and a panic.
 (CVE-2023-53160)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53160

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53160

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 252216

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_53160.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 8/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-53160

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rust-sequoia-openpgp-mt, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rust-sequoia-openpgp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rust-sequoia-openpgp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-53160