Amazon Linux 2023 : nasm, nasm-rdoff (ALAS2023-2023-172)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175067

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

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.

Solution

Run 'dnf update nasm --releasever 2023.0.20230503' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175067

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-172.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/3/2023

Updated: 5/4/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44370

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nasm-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nasm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nasm-rdoff-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nasm-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nasm-rdoff, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nasm, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44370

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