| Name | CVE-2017-17810 |
| Description | In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is a "SEGV on unknown address" that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because asm/preproc.c mishandles macro calls that have the wrong number of arguments. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nasm (PTS) | buster | 2.14-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.15.05-1 | fixed |
| bookworm, sid, trixie | 2.16.01-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| nasm | source | (unstable) | 2.13.02-0.1 | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - nasm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - nasm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - nasm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/netwide-assembler/nasm/commit/59ce1c67b16967c652765e62aa130b7e43f21dd4 (nasm-2.13.02rc3)
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392431