{"schema_version":"1.7.2","id":"OESA-2023-1575","modified":"2023-09-02T11:05:49Z","published":"2023-09-02T11:05:49Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-4156"],"summary":"gawk security update","details":"The gawk package is the GNU implementation of awk. The awk utility interprets a special-purpose programming language that makes it possible to handle simple data-reformatting jobs with just a few lines of code.\r\n\r\nSecurity Fix(es):\r\n\r\nA heap out of bound read issue exists in builtin.c of gawk prior to version 5.1.1. The array \u0026quot;the_args\u0026quot; takes an unsafe index \u0026quot;val\u0026quot;, while it does not validate the index to ensure the index refers to a valid position in the array (e.g., exceedingly large or negative). The vulnerability can cause crash of the software and might be used by attackers to read sensitive information.\r\n\r\nhttps://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gawk/2022-08/msg00000.html\nhttps://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gawk/2022-08/msg00023.html\nhttps://fossies.org/linux/gawk/ChangeLog#470 (Line: 470-475)(CVE-2023-4156)","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1","name":"gawk","purl":"pkg:rpm/openEuler/gawk\u0026distro=openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP1"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.0.1-5.oe1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"aarch64":["gawk-lang-5.0.1-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-5.0.1-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-debugsource-5.0.1-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.0.1-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-devel-5.0.1-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm"],"noarch":["gawk-help-5.0.1-5.oe1.noarch.rpm"],"src":["gawk-5.0.1-5.oe1.src.rpm"],"x86_64":["gawk-debugsource-5.0.1-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-5.0.1-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-devel-5.0.1-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-lang-5.0.1-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.0.1-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm"]}},{"package":{"ecosystem":"openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP3","name":"gawk","purl":"pkg:rpm/openEuler/gawk\u0026distro=openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.0.1-5.oe1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"aarch64":["gawk-devel-5.0.1-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.0.1-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-lang-5.0.1-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-5.0.1-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-debugsource-5.0.1-5.oe1.aarch64.rpm"],"noarch":["gawk-help-5.0.1-5.oe1.noarch.rpm"],"src":["gawk-5.0.1-5.oe1.src.rpm"],"x86_64":["gawk-5.0.1-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-lang-5.0.1-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-devel-5.0.1-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.0.1-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-debugsource-5.0.1-5.oe1.x86_64.rpm"]}},{"package":{"ecosystem":"openEuler:22.03-LTS","name":"gawk","purl":"pkg:rpm/openEuler/gawk\u0026distro=openEuler-22.03-LTS"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"aarch64":["gawk-devel-5.1.1-4.oe2203.aarch64.rpm","gawk-5.1.1-4.oe2203.aarch64.rpm","gawk-debugsource-5.1.1-4.oe2203.aarch64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.1.1-4.oe2203.aarch64.rpm","gawk-lang-5.1.1-4.oe2203.aarch64.rpm","gawk-lang-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-devel-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-debugsource-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-debugsource-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm","gawk-lang-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm","gawk-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm","gawk-devel-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm"],"noarch":["gawk-help-5.1.1-4.oe2203.noarch.rpm","gawk-help-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.noarch.rpm","gawk-help-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.noarch.rpm"],"src":["gawk-5.1.1-4.oe2203.src.rpm","gawk-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.src.rpm","gawk-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.src.rpm"],"x86_64":["gawk-debugsource-5.1.1-4.oe2203.x86_64.rpm","gawk-5.1.1-4.oe2203.x86_64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.1.1-4.oe2203.x86_64.rpm","gawk-devel-5.1.1-4.oe2203.x86_64.rpm","gawk-lang-5.1.1-4.oe2203.x86_64.rpm","gawk-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-devel-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-lang-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-debugsource-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm","gawk-debugsource-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm","gawk-devel-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm","gawk-lang-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm"]}},{"package":{"ecosystem":"openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP1","name":"gawk","purl":"pkg:rpm/openEuler/gawk\u0026distro=openEuler-22.03-LTS-SP1"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"aarch64":["gawk-lang-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-devel-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm","gawk-debugsource-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm"],"noarch":["gawk-help-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.noarch.rpm"],"src":["gawk-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.src.rpm"],"x86_64":["gawk-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-devel-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-lang-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-debugsource-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm"]}},{"package":{"ecosystem":"openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP2","name":"gawk","purl":"pkg:rpm/openEuler/gawk\u0026distro=openEuler-22.03-LTS-SP2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"aarch64":["gawk-debugsource-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm","gawk-lang-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm","gawk-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm","gawk-devel-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.aarch64.rpm"],"noarch":["gawk-help-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.noarch.rpm"],"src":["gawk-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.src.rpm"],"x86_64":["gawk-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm","gawk-debugsource-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm","gawk-devel-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm","gawk-debuginfo-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm","gawk-lang-5.1.1-5.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm"]}}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1575"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4156"}],"database_specific":{"severity":"Low"}}