SB20240806381 - Amazon Linux AMI update for yasm



SB20240806381 - Amazon Linux AMI update for yasm

Published: August 6, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB20240806381
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33454)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the yasm_expr_get_intnum() function in libyasm/expr.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33459)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the nasm_parser_directive() function in modules/parsers/nasm/nasm-parse.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.