NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the component quote_for_pmake() asm/nasm.c:856

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - nasm: double-free vulnerability in pp_tokline asm/preproc.c (CVE-2020-24978)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, preproc.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-     based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
    (CVE-2017-11111)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function paste_tokens() in     preproc.c, aka a NULL pointer dereference. It will lead to remote denial of service. (CVE-2017-14228)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a SEGV on unknown address that will cause a remote denial     of service attack, because asm/preproc.c mishandles macro calls that have the wrong number of arguments.
    (CVE-2017-17810)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer overflow that will cause a remote denial     of service attack, related to a strcpy in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c, a similar issue to     CVE-2017-11111. (CVE-2017-17811)

  - 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. (CVE-2017-17812)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in the pp_list_one_macro function in     asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, related to mishandling of line-syntax     errors. (CVE-2017-17813)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in do_directive in asm/preproc.c that will     cause a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-17814)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in is_mmacro() in asm/preproc.c     that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because of a missing check for the relationship between     minimum and maximum parameter counts. (CVE-2017-17815)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in pp_getline in asm/preproc.c that will     cause a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-17816)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in pp_verror in asm/preproc.c that will     cause a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-17817)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read that will cause a remote     denial of service attack, related to a while loop in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c. (CVE-2017-17818)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function find_cc() in     asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because pointers associated with     skip_white_ calls are not validated. (CVE-2017-17819)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in pp_list_one_macro in asm/preproc.c that     will lead to a remote denial of service attack, related to mishandling of operand-type errors.
    (CVE-2017-17820)

  - NASM nasm-2.13.03 nasm- 2.14rc15 version 2.14rc15 and earlier contains a memory corruption (crashed) of     nasm when handling a crafted file due to function assemble_file(inname, depend_ptr) at asm/nasm.c:482.
    vulnerability in function assemble_file(inname, depend_ptr) at asm/nasm.c:482. that can result in     aborting/crash nasm program. This attack appear to be exploitable via a specially crafted asm file..
    (CVE-2018-1000667)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0 has a division-by-zero vulnerability in the expr5 function in asm/eval.c     via a malformed input file. (CVE-2018-10016)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13 has a stack-based buffer over-read in the disasm function of the     disasm/disasm.c file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2018-10254)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0 has an endless while loop in the assemble_file function of asm/nasm.c     because of a globallineno integer overflow. (CVE-2018-10316)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a buffer over-read in x86/regflags.c. (CVE-2018-16382)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) through 2.14rc16 has memory leaks that may lead to DoS, related to nasm_malloc in     nasmlib/malloc.c. (CVE-2018-19213)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a heap-based buffer over-read in expand_mmac_params in asm/preproc.c     for insufficient input. (CVE-2018-19214)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 has a heap-based buffer over-read in expand_mmac_params in asm/preproc.c     for the special cases of the % and $ and ! characters. (CVE-2018-19215)

  - There is an illegal address access at asm/preproc.c (function: is_mmacro) in Netwide Assembler (NASM)     2.14rc16 that will cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) because a certain conversion can     result in a negative integer. (CVE-2018-19755)

  - There is a use-after-free at asm/preproc.c (function pp_getline) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that     will cause a denial of service during a line-number increment attempt. (CVE-2018-20535)

  - There is a use-after-free at asm/preproc.c (function pp_getline) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that     will cause a denial of service during certain finishes tests. (CVE-2018-20538)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.02rc2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function tokenize in     asm/preproc.c, related to an unterminated string. (CVE-2018-8881)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.02rc2 has a stack-based buffer under-read in the function ieee_shr in     asm/float.c via a large shift value. (CVE-2018-8882)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.02rc2 has a buffer over-read in the parse_line function in asm/parser.c via     uncontrolled access to nasm_reg_flags. (CVE-2018-8883)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14.02, stack consumption occurs in expr# functions in asm/eval.c. This     potentially affects the relationships among expr0, expr1, expr2, expr3, expr4, expr5, and expr6 (and     stdscan in asm/stdscan.c). This is similar to CVE-2019-6290 and CVE-2019-6291. (CVE-2019-20334)

  - 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. (CVE-2019-20352)

  - An infinite recursion issue was discovered in eval.c in Netwide Assembler (NASM) through 2.14.02. There is     a stack exhaustion problem resulting from infinite recursion in the functions expr, rexp, bexpr and cexpr     in certain scenarios involving lots of '{' characters. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability     to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted asm file. (CVE-2019-6290)

  - An issue was discovered in the function expr6 in eval.c in Netwide Assembler (NASM) through 2.14.02. There     is a stack exhaustion problem caused by the expr6 function making recursive calls to itself in certain     scenarios involving lots of '!' or '+' or '-' characters. Remote attackers could leverage this     vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted asm file. (CVE-2019-6291)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14.02, there is a use-after-free in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c.
    (CVE-2019-8343)

  - A Use After Free vulnerability in function new_Token in asm/preproc.c in nasm 2.14.02 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service via crafted nasm command. (CVE-2020-18780)

  - Buffer Overflow in Netwide Assembler (NASM) v2.15.xx allows attackers to cause a denial of service via     'crc64i' in the component 'nasmlib/crc64'. This issue is different than CVE-2019-7147. (CVE-2020-18974)

  - A Segmentation Fault issue discovered in in ieee_segment function in outieee.c in nasm 2.14.03 and 2.15     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted assembly file. (CVE-2020-21528)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in hash_findi function in hashtbl.c in nasm 2.15rc0 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service via crafted asm file. (CVE-2020-21685)

  - A stack-use-after-scope issue discovered in expand_mmac_params function in preproc.c in nasm before     2.15.04 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted asm file. (CVE-2020-21686)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in scan function in stdscan.c in nasm 2.15rc0 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service via crafted asm file. (CVE-2020-21687)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10, there is heap use-after-free in saa_wbytes in nasmlib/saa.c.
    (CVE-2020-24241)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.15rc10, SEGV can be triggered in tok_text in asm/preproc.c by accessing READ     memory. (CVE-2020-24242)

  - An issue was discovered in NASM version 2.16rc0. There are memory leaks in nasm_calloc() in     nasmlib/alloc.c. (CVE-2021-33450)

  - An issue was discovered in NASM version 2.16rc0. There are memory leaks in nasm_malloc() in     nasmlib/alloc.c. (CVE-2021-33452)

  - Buffer overflow vulnerability in quote_for_pmake in asm/nasm.c in nasm before 2.15.05 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service via crafted file. (CVE-2022-29654)

  - nasm v2.16 was discovered to contain a stack overflow in the Ndisasm component (CVE-2022-41420)

  - NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a null pointer deference in the NASM component (CVE-2022-44368)

  - NASM 2.16 (development) is vulnerable to 476: Null Pointer Dereference via output/outaout.c.
    (CVE-2022-44369)

  - NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the component quote_for_pmake()     asm/nasm.c:856 (CVE-2022-44370)

  - NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow in the component dbgdbg_typevalue at     /output/outdbg.c. (CVE-2022-46456)

  - NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation in the component ieee_write_file at     /output/outieee.c. (CVE-2022-46457)

  - There exists a heap buffer overflow in nasm 2.16.02rc1 (GitHub commit: b952891). (CVE-2023-31722)

  - Null pointer dereference in ieee_write_file in nasm 2.16rc0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service     (crash). (CVE-2023-38665)

  - Stack-based buffer over-read in function disasm in nasm 2.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of     service. (CVE-2023-38667)

  - Stack-based buffer over-read in disasm in nasm 2.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).
    (CVE-2023-38668)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - nasm: use-after-free in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c (CVE-2019-8343)

  - nasm: heap buffer overflow in expand_mmacro() asm/preproc.c (CVE-2023-31722)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there are multiple heap use after free vulnerabilities in the tool     nasm. The related heap is allocated in the token() function and freed in the detoken() function (called by     pp_getline()) - it is used again at multiple positions later that could cause multiple damages. For     example, it causes a corrupted double-linked list in detoken(), a double free or corruption in     delete_Token(), and an out-of-bounds write in detoken(). It has a high possibility to lead to a remote     code execution attack. (CVE-2017-10686)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, preproc.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-     based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
    (CVE-2017-11111)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function paste_tokens() in     preproc.c, aka a NULL pointer dereference. It will lead to remote denial of service. (CVE-2017-14228)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a SEGV on unknown address that will cause a remote denial     of service attack, because asm/preproc.c mishandles macro calls that have the wrong number of arguments.
    (CVE-2017-17810)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer overflow that will cause a remote denial     of service attack, related to a strcpy in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c, a similar issue to     CVE-2017-11111. (CVE-2017-17811)

  - 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. (CVE-2017-17812)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in the pp_list_one_macro function in     asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, related to mishandling of line-syntax     errors. (CVE-2017-17813)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in do_directive in asm/preproc.c that will     cause a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-17814)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in is_mmacro() in asm/preproc.c     that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because of a missing check for the relationship between     minimum and maximum parameter counts. (CVE-2017-17815)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in pp_getline in asm/preproc.c that will     cause a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-17816)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in pp_verror in asm/preproc.c that will     cause a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-17817)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read that will cause a remote     denial of service attack, related to a while loop in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c. (CVE-2017-17818)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function find_cc() in     asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because pointers associated with     skip_white_ calls are not validated. (CVE-2017-17819)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a use-after-free in pp_list_one_macro in asm/preproc.c that     will lead to a remote denial of service attack, related to mishandling of operand-type errors.
    (CVE-2017-17820)

  - NASM nasm-2.13.03 nasm- 2.14rc15 version 2.14rc15 and earlier contains a memory corruption (crashed) of     nasm when handling a crafted file due to function assemble_file(inname, depend_ptr) at asm/nasm.c:482.
    vulnerability in function assemble_file(inname, depend_ptr) at asm/nasm.c:482. that can result in     aborting/crash nasm program. This attack appear to be exploitable via a specially crafted asm file..
    (CVE-2018-1000667)

  - nasm version 2.14.01rc5, 2.15 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in asm/stdscan.c:130 that can     result in Stack-overflow caused by triggering endless macro generation, crash the program. This attack     appear to be exploitable via a crafted nasm input file. (CVE-2018-1000886)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0 has a division-by-zero vulnerability in the expr5 function in asm/eval.c     via a malformed input file. (CVE-2018-10016)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0 has an endless while loop in the assemble_file function of asm/nasm.c     because of a globallineno integer overflow. (CVE-2018-10316)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a buffer over-read in x86/regflags.c. (CVE-2018-16382)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) through 2.14rc16 has memory leaks that may lead to DoS, related to nasm_malloc in     nasmlib/malloc.c. (CVE-2018-19213)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has a heap-based buffer over-read in expand_mmac_params in asm/preproc.c     for insufficient input. (CVE-2018-19214)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 has a heap-based buffer over-read in expand_mmac_params in asm/preproc.c     for the special cases of the % and $ and ! characters. (CVE-2018-19215)

  - There is an illegal address access at asm/preproc.c (function: is_mmacro) in Netwide Assembler (NASM)     2.14rc16 that will cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) because a certain conversion can     result in a negative integer. (CVE-2018-19755)

  - There is a use-after-free at asm/preproc.c (function pp_getline) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that     will cause a denial of service during a line-number increment attempt. (CVE-2018-20535)

  - There is a use-after-free at asm/preproc.c (function pp_getline) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that     will cause a denial of service during certain finishes tests. (CVE-2018-20538)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.02rc2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function tokenize in     asm/preproc.c, related to an unterminated string. (CVE-2018-8881)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.02rc2 has a stack-based buffer under-read in the function ieee_shr in     asm/float.c via a large shift value. (CVE-2018-8882)

  - Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.13.02rc2 has a buffer over-read in the parse_line function in asm/parser.c via     uncontrolled access to nasm_reg_flags. (CVE-2018-8883)

  - A Use After Free vulnerability in function new_Token in asm/preproc.c in nasm 2.14.02 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service via crafted nasm command. (CVE-2020-18780)

  - Buffer Overflow in Netwide Assembler (NASM) v2.15.xx allows attackers to cause a denial of service via     'crc64i' in the component 'nasmlib/crc64'. This issue is different than CVE-2019-7147. (CVE-2020-18974)

  - A Segmentation Fault issue discovered in in ieee_segment function in outieee.c in nasm 2.14.03 and 2.15     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted assembly file. (CVE-2020-21528)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in hash_findi function in hashtbl.c in nasm 2.15rc0 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service via crafted asm file. (CVE-2020-21685)

  - A stack-use-after-scope issue discovered in expand_mmac_params function in preproc.c in nasm before     2.15.04 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted asm file. (CVE-2020-21686)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in scan function in stdscan.c in nasm 2.15rc0 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service via crafted asm file. (CVE-2020-21687)

  - An issue was discovered in NASM version 2.16rc0. There are memory leaks in nasm_calloc() in     nasmlib/alloc.c. (CVE-2021-33450)

  - An issue was discovered in NASM version 2.16rc0. There are memory leaks in nasm_malloc() in     nasmlib/alloc.c. (CVE-2021-33452)

  - Buffer overflow vulnerability in quote_for_pmake in asm/nasm.c in nasm before 2.15.05 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service via crafted file. (CVE-2022-29654)

  - nasm v2.16 was discovered to contain a stack overflow in the Ndisasm component (CVE-2022-41420)

  - NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a null pointer deference in the NASM component (CVE-2022-44368)

  - NASM 2.16 (development) is vulnerable to 476: Null Pointer Dereference via output/outaout.c.
    (CVE-2022-44369)

  - NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the component quote_for_pmake()     asm/nasm.c:856 (CVE-2022-44370)

  - NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow in the component dbgdbg_typevalue at     /output/outdbg.c. (CVE-2022-46456)

  - NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation in the component ieee_write_file at     /output/outieee.c. (CVE-2022-46457)

  - Null pointer dereference in ieee_write_file in nasm 2.16rc0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service     (crash). (CVE-2023-38665)

  - Stack-based buffer over-read in function disasm in nasm 2.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of     service. (CVE-2023-38667)

  - Stack-based buffer over-read in disasm in nasm 2.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).
    (CVE-2023-38668)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

According to the versions of the nasm packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the component quote_for_pmake()     asm/nasm.c:856 (CVE-2022-44370)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202312-09 (NASM: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14.02, there is a use-after-free in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c.
    (CVE-2019-8343)

  - A Segmentation Fault issue discovered in in ieee_segment function in outieee.c in nasm 2.14.03 and 2.15     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted assembly file. (CVE-2020-21528)

  - NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the component quote_for_pmake()     asm/nasm.c:856 (CVE-2022-44370)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of nasm installed on the remote host is prior to 2.10.07-7.8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1737 advisory.

  - NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the component quote_for_pmake()     asm/nasm.c:856 (CVE-2022-44370)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-172 advisory.

  - NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the component quote_for_pmake()     asm/nasm.c:856 (CVE-2022-44370)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of nasm installed on the remote host is prior to 2.15.03-3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2029 advisory.

  - NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the component quote_for_pmake()     asm/nasm.c:856 (CVE-2022-44370)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
195779	RHEL 6 : nasm (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
195742	RHEL 7 : nasm (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
188449	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2023-2698)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
188308	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2023-2656)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
187216	GLSA-202312-09 : NASM: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
178356	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2023-2387)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
178346	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2023-2361)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
175095	Amazon Linux AMI : nasm (ALAS-2023-1737)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
175067	Amazon Linux 2023 : nasm, nasm-rdoff (ALAS2023-2023-172)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
175017	Amazon Linux 2 : nasm (ALAS-2023-2029)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

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