yasm commit 9defefae was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the yasm_section_bcs_append function at section.c.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-984690 advisory.

    yasm commit 9defefae was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the yasm_section_bcs_append     function at section.c.

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.

  - yasm commit 9defefae was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the yasm_section_bcs_append     function at section.c. (CVE-2024-22653)

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

The version of yasm installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-22653 advisory.

  - yasm commit 9defefae was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the yasm_section_bcs_append     function at section.c. (CVE-2024-22653)

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 yasm installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-22653 advisory.

  - yasm commit 9defefae was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the yasm_section_bcs_append     function at section.c. (CVE-2024-22653)

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

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-5bd2ac3698 advisory.

    Fixes CVE-2024-22653 .

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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	Severity
266801	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: yasm (UTSA-2025-984690)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
257060	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-22653	Nessus	Misc.	medium
244832	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: yasm (CVE-2024-22653)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	medium
244791	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: yasm (CVE-2024-22653)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
242594	Fedora 41 : yasm (2025-5bd2ac3698)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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