PT-2022-6969 · Gawk+6 · Gawk+6

Tej Rathi · Published 2022-08-02 · Updated 2024-04-04 · CVE-2023-4156

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gawk (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a heap out-of-bounds read flaw in the builtin.c component of the gawk utility. This flaw may lead to a crash and could be exploited to read sensitive information. There is no information provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Out of bounds Read

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

CWE-122

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

AZL-30045

BDU:2023-05957

CVE-2023-4156

OESA-2023-1575

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3440-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3431-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3440-1

SUSE-SU-2023_3431-1

SUSE-SU-2023_3440-1

USN-6373-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

Gawk

References · 35

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215930 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4156 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6373-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05957 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-30045 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6373-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2024-0416SE47 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3440-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4156 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4156 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1575 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2023-1023SE17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4156 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4156 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4156 · Vendor Advisory