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openSUSE 15.4: 2023:3440-1 Low Severity: Gawk Heap Read Issue

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Calendar Grey August 28, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The curl security patch resolves a significant buffer overflow vulnerability with modifications to enhance data integrity and prevent unauthorized access.
This update for gawk fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-4156: Fix a heap out of bound read by validating the index into argument list

Description

This update for gawk fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-4156: Fix a heap out of bound read by validating the index into

argument list. (bsc#1214025)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue low severity fix openSUSE heap read gawk patch

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Low update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3440=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3440=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-3440=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-3440=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-3440=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-3440=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-3440=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-3440=1

* SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.2-2023-3440=1

* SUSE Manager Retail Branch...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* gawk-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* gawk-debuginfo-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* gawk-debugsource-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* gawk-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* gawk-debuginfo-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* gawk-debugsource-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* gawk-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* gawk-debuginfo-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* gawk-debugsource-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* gawk-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* gawk-debuginfo-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* gawk-debugsource-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* gawk-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* gawk-debuginfo-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* gawk-debugsource-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* gawk-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* gawk-debuginfo-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* gawk-debugsource-4.2.1-150000.3.3.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

*...

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References

* #1214025

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4156.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214025

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3440-1
Rating: low

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue low severity fix openSUSE heap read gawk patch

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