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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-31973: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-31973: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/09/2023
Created
03/22/2024
Added
03/21/2024
Modified
05/20/2024

Description

yasm v1.3.0 was discovered to contain a use after free via the function expand_mmac_params at /nasm/nasm-pp.c. Note: Multiple third parties dispute this as a bug and not a vulnerability according to the YASM security policy.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-yasm

References

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