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SUSE: CVE-2018-16999: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-16999: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/13/2018
Created
07/17/2020
Added
07/15/2020
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc15 has an invalid memory write (segmentation fault) in expand_smacro in preproc.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-nasm

References

  • SUSE-SU-2020:1843-1
  • CVE-2018-16999

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