PT-2023-27372 · Gnu+3 · Gnu Indent+3

Yisumi + 1 · Published 2023-08-13 · Updated 2026-03-29 · CVE-2023-40305

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU indent version 2.2.13

Description The issue is a heap-based buffer overflow in the search brace function in indent.c via a crafted file. Additionally, there is a heap overread in the lexi() function.

Recommendations For GNU indent version 2.2.13, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the search brace function and restricting the use of the lexi() function until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

AZL-43837

AZL-45015

CVE-2023-40305

MGASA-2023-0274

OESA-2023-1552

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3433-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13149-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3432-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3433-1

SUSE-SU-2023_3432-1

SUSE-SU-2023_3433-1

USN-6389-1

Affected Products

Gnu Indent

Linuxmint

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 38

• 🔥 https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?64503 · Exploit
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W6SL3NKMH5R4S5PD2O3MTC2UR4SBVHK · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0274.html · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4MIUH3F63KQJWYR3FLKRZUYYRJOY6FYX · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OB6GB6FUFPV5VJAZIANDG4YNNDW6JNXX · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40305 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-ALPINE-318-CVE-2023-40305 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-ALPINE-319-CVE-2023-40305 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-40305 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40305 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3433-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2023-0274 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13149-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40305 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/4MIUH3F63KQJWYR3FLKRZUYYRJOY6FYX · Vendor Advisory