CVE-2017-17815

NameCVE-2017-17815
DescriptionIn Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in is_mmacro() in asm/preproc.c that will cause a remote denial of service attack, because of a missing check for the relationship between minimum and maximum parameter counts.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
nasm (PTS)buster2.14-1fixed
bullseye2.15.05-1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm2.16.01-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nasmsource(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/c9244eaadd05b27637cde06021bac3fa1d920aa3 (nasm-2.13.02rc3)
https://bugzilla.nasm.us/show_bug.cgi?id=3392436

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