SB2023122734 - Denial of service in NASM
Published: December 27, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023122734
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-21528)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the ieee_segment() function in outieee.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted assembly file to the compiler and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.