gawk - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: gawk (main)
version: 1:5.3.2-1
maintainer: Adrian Bunk (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 3.9.8
VCS: unknown

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1:5.1.0-1
oldstable: 1:5.2.1-2
stable: 1:5.2.1-2
testing: 1:5.3.2-1
unstable: 1:5.3.2-1

versioned links

1:5.1.0-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:5.2.1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:5.3.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

gawk (9 bugs: 0, 5, 4, 0)

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 5.4.1 high

A new upstream version 5.4.1 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-02-26 Last update: 2026-07-27 23:32

4 security issues in trixie high

There are 4 open security issues in trixie.

4 important issues:

CVE-2026-40467: Use After Free vulnerability has been found in "io.c" program file of gawk (do_getline_redir() routine). This issue may lead to a crash. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40468: Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk. This issue may lead to memory exhaustion on the hosting operating system and could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects with attacker-controlled bytes. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40469: Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk (do_sub() routine). This issue could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects causing the program to crash. It affects 32-bit builds of gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40553: Buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in "extension/readdir.c" program file of gawk (ftype() routine). This issue could be used to crash the program and potentially to achieve code execution, although the latter has not been confirmed to be feasible. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

Created: 2026-07-14 Last update: 2026-07-15 01:30

4 security issues in sid high

There are 4 open security issues in sid.

4 important issues:

CVE-2026-40467: Use After Free vulnerability has been found in "io.c" program file of gawk (do_getline_redir() routine). This issue may lead to a crash. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40468: Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk. This issue may lead to memory exhaustion on the hosting operating system and could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects with attacker-controlled bytes. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40469: Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk (do_sub() routine). This issue could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects causing the program to crash. It affects 32-bit builds of gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40553: Buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in "extension/readdir.c" program file of gawk (ftype() routine). This issue could be used to crash the program and potentially to achieve code execution, although the latter has not been confirmed to be feasible. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

Created: 2026-07-14 Last update: 2026-07-15 01:30

4 security issues in forky high

There are 4 open security issues in forky.

4 important issues:

CVE-2026-40467: Use After Free vulnerability has been found in "io.c" program file of gawk (do_getline_redir() routine). This issue may lead to a crash. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40468: Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk. This issue may lead to memory exhaustion on the hosting operating system and could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects with attacker-controlled bytes. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40469: Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk (do_sub() routine). This issue could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects causing the program to crash. It affects 32-bit builds of gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40553: Buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in "extension/readdir.c" program file of gawk (ftype() routine). This issue could be used to crash the program and potentially to achieve code execution, although the latter has not been confirmed to be feasible. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

Created: 2026-07-14 Last update: 2026-07-15 01:30

5 security issues in bullseye high

There are 5 open security issues in bullseye.

4 important issues:

CVE-2026-40467: Use After Free vulnerability has been found in "io.c" program file of gawk (do_getline_redir() routine). This issue may lead to a crash. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40468: Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk. This issue may lead to memory exhaustion on the hosting operating system and could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects with attacker-controlled bytes. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40469: Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk (do_sub() routine). This issue could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects causing the program to crash. It affects 32-bit builds of gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40553: Buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in "extension/readdir.c" program file of gawk (ftype() routine). This issue could be used to crash the program and potentially to achieve code execution, although the latter has not been confirmed to be feasible. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

1 issue postponed or untriaged:

CVE-2023-4156: (needs triaging) A heap out-of-bounds read flaw was found in builtin.c in the gawk package. This issue may lead to a crash and could be used to read sensitive information.

Created: 2026-07-14 Last update: 2026-07-15 01:30

4 security issues in bookworm high

There are 4 open security issues in bookworm.

4 important issues:

CVE-2026-40467: Use After Free vulnerability has been found in "io.c" program file of gawk (do_getline_redir() routine). This issue may lead to a crash. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40468: Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk. This issue may lead to memory exhaustion on the hosting operating system and could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects with attacker-controlled bytes. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40469: Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk (do_sub() routine). This issue could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects causing the program to crash. It affects 32-bit builds of gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
CVE-2026-40553: Buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in "extension/readdir.c" program file of gawk (ftype() routine). This issue could be used to crash the program and potentially to achieve code execution, although the latter has not been confirmed to be feasible. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

Created: 2026-07-14 Last update: 2026-07-15 01:30

Standards version of the package is outdated. high

The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy. The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 3.9.8).

Created: 2018-04-16 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

3 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 3 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-07-28 02:31

lintian reports 5 warnings normal

Lintian reports 5 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2023-02-22 Last update: 2025-09-10 15:02

Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2020-02-26 Last update: 2023-02-15 06:30

news

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[2025-08-20] gawk 1:5.3.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-05] Accepted gawk 1:5.3.2-1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2023-03-01] gawk 1:5.2.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-03-01] gawk 1:5.2.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-02-19] Accepted gawk 1:5.2.1-2 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2023-02-12] Accepted gawk 1:5.2.1-1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2021-02-12] gawk 1:5.1.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-10] Accepted gawk 1:5.1.0-1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2019-11-14] gawk 1:5.0.1+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-11-03] Accepted gawk 1:5.0.1+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2019-07-23] gawk 1:4.2.1+dfsg-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-07-08] Accepted gawk 1:4.2.1+dfsg-1.1 (source) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2018-09-25] gawk 1:4.2.1+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-09-14] Accepted gawk 1:4.2.1+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2017-02-05] gawk 1:4.1.4+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-01-25] Accepted gawk 1:4.1.4+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2015-12-29] gawk 1:4.1.3+dfsg-0.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2015-12-23] Accepted gawk 1:4.1.3+dfsg-0.1 (source amd64) into unstable (Matthias Klose)
[2014-05-02] gawk 1:4.1.1+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-04-21] Accepted gawk 1:4.1.1+dfsg-1 (source amd64) (Jeroen Schot) (signed by: Thijs Kinkhorst)
[2014-04-19] gawk 1:4.0.1+dfsg-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-04-08] Accepted gawk 1:4.0.1+dfsg-3 (source amd64) (Jeroen Schot) (signed by: Thijs Kinkhorst)
[2013-03-22] gawk 1:4.0.1+dfsg-2.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2013-03-16] Accepted gawk 1:4.0.1+dfsg-2.1 (source amd64) (Thijs Kinkhorst)
[2012-06-04] gawk 1:4.0.1+dfsg-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-05-24] Accepted gawk 1:4.0.1+dfsg-2 (source amd64) (Jeroen Schot) (signed by: Thijs Kinkhorst)
[2012-04-15] gawk 1:4.0.1+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-04-04] Accepted gawk 1:4.0.1+dfsg-1 (source amd64) (Jeroen Schot) (signed by: Thijs Kinkhorst)
[2012-02-03] Accepted gawk 1:4.0.0.h+dfsg-1 (source amd64) (Jeroen Schot) (signed by: Thijs Kinkhorst)
[2011-08-25] Accepted gawk 1:4.0.0+dfsg-1 (source amd64) (Jeroen Schot) (signed by: Christoph Egger)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 13
RC: 0
I&N: 8
M&W: 5
F&P: 0
patch: 3

links

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ubuntu

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version: 1:5.3.2-1ubuntu1
patches for 1:5.3.2-1ubuntu1