National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2719

Overview

Off-by-one error in the ppscan function (preproc.c) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.02 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/04/2008)

Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of NASM as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=106208&aid=1942146&group_id=6208

Hyperlink:https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=106208&aid=1942146&group_id=6208

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=6208&release_id=606115

Hyperlink:https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=6208&release_id=606115

External Source: XF

Name: nasm-ppscan-bo(42995)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42995

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-648-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-648-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020259

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020259

External Source: BID

Name: 29656

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29656

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20080611 Re: CVE id request: nasm off-by-one

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/11/5

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20080611 CVE id request: nasm off-by-one

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/11/4

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:120

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:120

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1811

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1811

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32059

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32059

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30594

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30594

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://repo.or.cz/w/nasm.git?a=commit;h=76ec8e73db16f4cf1453a142d03bcc74d528f72f

Hyperlink:http://repo.or.cz/w/nasm.git?a=commit;h=76ec8e73db16f4cf1453a142d03bcc74d528f72f