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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2004.45.1
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-45-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'nasm' package(s) announced via the USN-45-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'nasm' package(s) announced via the USN-45-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Jonathan Rockway discovered a locally exploitable buffer overflow in
the error() function of nasm. If an attacker tricked a user into
assembling a malicious source file, they could exploit this to execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user that runs nasm.

Affected Software/OS:
'nasm' package(s) on Ubuntu 4.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1287
http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/nasm.txt
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11299
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-381.html
XForce ISS Database: nasm-preprocc-bo(18540)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18540
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