| Name | CVE-2023-29579 |
| Description | yasm 1.3.0.55.g101bc was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the component yasm/yasm+0x43b466 in vsprintf. Note: This has been disputed by third parties who argue this is a bug and not a security issue because yasm is a standalone program not designed to run untrusted code. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1035951 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| yasm (PTS) | bullseye | 1.3.0-2.1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.3.0-4 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.3.0-5 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| yasm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1035951 |
Notes
[bookworm] - yasm <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
[bullseye] - yasm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - yasm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/yasm/yasm/issues/214