DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4156

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4156
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Upstream
Published
2023-09-25T18:15:11Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:03:02Z
Summary
[none]
Details

A heap out-of-bounds read flaw was found in builtin.c in the gawk package. This issue may lead to a crash and could be used to read sensitive information.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / gawk

Package

Name
gawk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gawk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / gawk

Package

Name
gawk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gawk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / gawk

Package

Name
gawk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gawk?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}