Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting nasm package, versions <2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1
Threat Intelligence
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- published21 Dec 2017
- disclosed21 Dec 2017
Introduced: 21 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-17815 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 nasm to version 2.11.08-1ubuntu0.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nasm package and not the nasm package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in is_mmacro() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because of a missing check for the relationship between minimum and maximum parameter counts.