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

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

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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS nasm security advisory.

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

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-984703 advisory.

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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

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

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

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

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-642 advisory.

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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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	Type	Severity
274914	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2025-2336)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	medium
274912	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2025-2367)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	medium
271338	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2025-2303)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	medium
271312	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2025-2271)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	medium
270033	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2025-2237)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	medium
270010	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2025-2205)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	medium
267106	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: nasm (UTSA-2025-984703)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
255904	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-38665	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
200267	Amazon Linux 2023 : nasm, nasm-rdoff (ALAS2023-2024-642)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium

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