ALAS2023-2023-292


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-292
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-17 11:19 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-08-23 22:29 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

A heap out-of-bounds read flaw was found in builtin.c in the gawk package which may result in a crash of the software. (CVE-2023-4156)


Affected Packages:

gawk


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update gawk --releasever 2023.1.20230823 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    gawk-devel-5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    gawk-all-langpacks-5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    gawk-debugsource-5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    gawk-debuginfo-5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    gawk-5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64

noarch:
    gawk-doc-5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.noarch

src:
    gawk-5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.src

x86_64:
    gawk-devel-5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    gawk-all-langpacks-5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    gawk-debugsource-5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    gawk-5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    gawk-debuginfo-5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64