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Echo: mawk: security update to 1.3.4

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 458650

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - MAWK 1.3.3-17 and prior contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to
 execute arbitrary code by exploiting inadequate boundary checks on user-supplied input. Attackers can
 craft malicious input that overflows the stack buffer and execute a return-oriented programming chain to
 spawn a shell with application privileges. (CVE-2017-20229)

Solution

Update the mawk library and its related packages to version 1.3.4 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2017-20229

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 458650

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.44

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-20229

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-20229