Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-45257

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - An infinite loop vulnerability exists in nasm 2.16rc0 via the gpastetokens function. CVE-2021-45257 Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as...

RHEL 9 : nasm (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - nasm: Infinite loop via the pastetokens function CVE-2021-45257 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but...

CVE-2021-45257

An infinite loop flaw was found in nasm's preproc.c via pastetokens function. An attacker with local network access could pass a specially crafted unknown input causing an application to halt or crash leading to a denial of service...

CVE-2021-45257

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2021-12-22 20:18:51+00:00| seen| https://t.me/cibsecurity/34519...

CVE-2021-45257

CVE-2021-45257 affects nasm 2.16rc0 with an infinite loop in the gpaste_tokens function. The initial description provides no exploit details, vectors, or patch information. Connected Nessus/OSV entries note unpatched status for various Linux distros but do not supply remediation specifics. Public...