CVE-2023-4156

2023-09-2518:15:11

CWE-125

redhat

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2023-4156

gawk package

heap out-of-bounds read

crash

sensitive information

nvd

CVSS3

7.1

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

26.7%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

gnugawkRange<5.1.1

Node

redhatenterprise_linuxMatch6.0

redhatenterprise_linuxMatch7.0

Node

fedoraprojectfedoraMatch38

VendorProductVersionCPE
gnugawk*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gawk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhatenterprise_linux6.0cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhatenterprise_linux7.0cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraprojectfedora38cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
gnu	gawk	*	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gawk::::::::
redhat	enterprise_linux	6.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux	7.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	38	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "gawk",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.1.1",
        "status": "unaffected"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "gawk",
    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "gawk",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "gawk",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "gawk",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Fedora",
    "vendor": "Fedora",
    "collectionURL": "https://packages.fedoraproject.org/",
    "packageName": "gawk",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]