CentOS 3 / 4 : nasm (CESA-2005:381)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 21816

Synopsis

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

Description

An updated nasm package that fixes multiple security issues is now available.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

NASM is an 80x86 assembler.

Two stack based buffer overflow bugs have been found in nasm. An attacker could create an ASM file in such a way that when compiled by a victim, could execute arbitrary code on their machine. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2004-1287 and CVE-2005-1194 to these issues.

All users of nasm are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported fixes for these issues.

Solution

Update the affected nasm packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 21816

File Name: centos_RHSA-2005-381.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nasm-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nasm-rdoff, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nasm, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1287, CVE-2005-1194

RHSA: 2005:381

Detections

Analytics