ALAS-2024-642


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-642
Advisory Release Date: 2024-06-06 20:47 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-06-10 17:10 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

Null pointer dereference in ieee_write_file in nasm 2.16rc0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2023-38665)


Affected Packages:

nasm


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update nasm --releasever 2023.4.20240611 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    nasm-rdoff-debuginfo-2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    nasm-rdoff-2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    nasm-debugsource-2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    nasm-debuginfo-2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    nasm-2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64

noarch:
    nasm-doc-2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6.noarch

src:
    nasm-2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6.src

x86_64:
    nasm-debuginfo-2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    nasm-debugsource-2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    nasm-2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    nasm-rdoff-debuginfo-2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    nasm-rdoff-2.15.05-1.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64