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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202312-09

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                                       https://security.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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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.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected

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dev-lang/nasm < 2.16.01 >= 2.16.01

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All NASM users should upgrade to the latest version:

emerge --sync

emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose “>Þv-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

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2023 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5