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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-18780: Security patch for nasm (ALAS-2023-2277)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-18780: Security patch for nasm (ALAS-2023-2277)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/22/2023
Created
10/06/2023
Added
10/06/2023
Modified
10/06/2023

Description

A Use After Free vulnerability in function new_Token in asm/preproc.c in nasm 2.14.02 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted nasm command.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-nasm
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-nasm-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-nasm-doc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-nasm-rdoff

References

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