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

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.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
200267	Amazon Linux 2023 : nasm, nasm-rdoff (ALAS2023-2024-642)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
195779	RHEL 6 : nasm (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
195742	RHEL 7 : nasm (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2023-38665

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Tenable Plugins

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critical

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