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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-4156): gawk vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-4156): gawk vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/14/2023
Created
09/18/2023
Added
09/18/2023
Modified
09/18/2023

Description

It was discovered that gawk could be made to read out of bounds when processing certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-gawk

References

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