USN-128-1 : nasm vulnerability

NASLDB: USN-128-1 : nasm vulnerability

General

ID: 20518
Name: USN-128-1 : nasm vulnerability

Summary: Checks dpkg output for updated package(s)

Credits: –

Classification

Risk: –

CVSS: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Base Vector: –
CVSS Temporal Vector: –

Port: 0
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Type: Local

Description

Josh Bressers discovered a buffer overflow in the ieee_putascii()
function of nasm. If an attacker tricked a user into assembling a
malicious source file, they could exploit this to execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user that runs nasm.