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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-4156: Security patch for gawk (ALAS-2023-2357)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-4156: Security patch for gawk (ALAS-2023-2357)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/25/2023
Created
12/06/2023
Added
12/05/2023
Modified
12/05/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-gawk
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-gawk-debuginfo

References

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