CVE-2023-40305

Publication date 14 August 2023

Last updated 19 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

GNU indent 2.2.13 has a heap-based buffer overflow in search_brace in indent.c via a crafted file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
indent 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Fixed 2.2.12-4ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.2.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.2.12-1ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
indent

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6389-1
    • Indent vulnerability
    • 20 September 2023

Other references