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Amazon Linux 2023 : gawk, gawk-all-langpacks, gawk-devel (ALAS2023-2023-292)
high Nessus Plugin ID 180131
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.Description
It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-292 advisory.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)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'dnf update gawk --releasever 2023.1.20230823' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-292.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 180131
File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-292.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/24/2023
Updated: 12/11/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.6
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4156
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gawk-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gawk-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gawk-all-langpacks, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gawk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gawk-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gawk
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-4156
IAVA: 2023-A-0444