NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting nasm-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-NASMDEBUGINFO-7243456
  • published11 Jun 2024
  • disclosed22 Aug 2023

Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-38665  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 nasm-debuginfo to version 0:2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-642.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nasm-debuginfo package and not the nasm-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

Null pointer dereference in ieee_write_file in nasm 2.16rc0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1