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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : NASM vulnerabilities (USN-3694-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 110805

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3694-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that NASM incorrectly handled certain source files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted source file, a remote attacker could use these issues to cause NASM to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected nasm package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3694-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110805

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3694-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/29/2018

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8881

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11111

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nasm

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10686, CVE-2017-11111, CVE-2017-14228, CVE-2017-17810, CVE-2017-17811, CVE-2017-17812, CVE-2017-17813, CVE-2017-17814, CVE-2017-17815, CVE-2017-17816, CVE-2017-17817, CVE-2017-17818, CVE-2017-17819, CVE-2017-17820, CVE-2018-8881

USN: 3694-1