ALAS-2023-2358

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-40305  

GNU indent 2.2.13 has a heap-based buffer overflow in search_brace in indent.c via a crafted file. (CVE-2023-40305)

ALAS-2023-2358


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2358
Advisory Release Date: 2023-11-29 22:19 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-12-04 21:44 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

GNU indent 2.2.13 has a heap-based buffer overflow in search_brace in indent.c via a crafted file. (CVE-2023-40305)


Affected Packages:

indent


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update indent to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    indent-2.2.11-13.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    indent-debuginfo-2.2.11-13.amzn2.0.3.aarch64

i686:
    indent-2.2.11-13.amzn2.0.3.i686
    indent-debuginfo-2.2.11-13.amzn2.0.3.i686

src:
    indent-2.2.11-13.amzn2.0.3.src

x86_64:
    indent-2.2.11-13.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    indent-debuginfo-2.2.11-13.amzn2.0.3.x86_64