CVE-2023-4156

Summary

CVE-2023-4156 is a vulnerability affecting the gawk package, specifically in its builtin.c file. This issue involves a heap out-of-bounds read flaw, which can result in a crash. Malicious actors could potentially exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive information from the affected system. Users are advised to update their gawk packages to the latest version to mitigate this risk.

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