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RHEL 7 : nasm (Unpatched Vulnerability)

high Nessus Plugin ID 199071

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 7 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

 - nasm: use-after-free in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c (CVE-2019-8343)

 - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there are multiple heap use after free vulnerabilities in the tool nasm. The related heap is allocated in the token() function and freed in the detoken() function (called by pp_getline()) - it is used again at multiple positions later that could cause multiple damages. For example, it causes a corrupted double-linked list in detoken(), a double free or corruption in delete_Token(), and an out-of-bounds write in detoken(). It has a high possibility to lead to a remote code execution attack. (CVE-2017-10686)

 - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, preproc.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap- based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
 (CVE-2017-11111)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Solution

The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 199071

File Name: redhat_unpatched_nasm-rhel7.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2024

Updated: 6/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2019-8343

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:nasm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

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-2018-1000667, CVE-2018-1000886, CVE-2018-10016, CVE-2018-10254, CVE-2018-10316, CVE-2018-16382, CVE-2018-19213, CVE-2018-19214, CVE-2018-19215, CVE-2018-19755, CVE-2018-20535, CVE-2018-20538, CVE-2018-8881, CVE-2018-8882, CVE-2018-8883, CVE-2019-20334, CVE-2019-20352, CVE-2019-6290, CVE-2019-6291, CVE-2019-8343