SB2021020437 - openEuler update for nasm



SB2021020437 - openEuler update for nasm

Published: February 4, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021020437
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20352)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc0, a heap-based buffer over-read occurs (via a crafted .asm file) in set_text_free when called from expand_one_smacro in asm/preproc.c.


2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-24241)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10, there is heap use-after-free in saa_wbytes in nasmlib/saa.c.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.