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Gentoo: GLSA-202312-10 Critical Alert: Detected NASM Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey December 22, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux Advisory GLSA 202312-10: Critical vulnerabilities in NASM require immediate resolution to prevent code execution risks.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NASM, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NASM. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution arbitrary execution NASM

Resolution

All NASM users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/nasm-2.16.01"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-8343 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8343 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-21528 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-21528 [ 3 ] CVE-2022-44370 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44370

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-09
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: High
Title: NASM: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: December 22, 2023
Bugs: #686720, #903755
ID: 202312-09

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution arbitrary execution NASM

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NASM, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

NASM is a 80x86 assembler that has been created for portability and modularity. NASM supports Pentium, P6, SSE MMX, and 3DNow extensions. It also supports a wide range of objects formats (ELF, a.out, COFF, etc), and has its own disassembler.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------- ------------ ------------ dev-lang/nasm < 2.16.01 >= 2.16.01

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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