First published: Thu Dec 21 2017(Updated: )
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function detoken() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Nasm Netwide Assembler | =2.14-rc0 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
debian/nasm | 2.15.05-1 2.16.01-1 2.16.03-1 |
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CVE-2017-17812 is a vulnerability in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0 that allows a remote denial of service attack.
CVE-2017-17812 has a severity rating of 5.5, which is considered medium.
To fix CVE-2017-17812, upgrade to NASM version 2.13.02 or apply the recommended patches from the respective Linux distribution.
You can find more information about CVE-2017-17812 at the following references: [Reference 1](http://repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commit/9b7ee09abfd426b99aa1ea81d19a3b2818eeabf9), [Reference 2](https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392424), [Reference 3](https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/)
The Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) for CVE-2017-17812 is CWE-125.