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[DSA623] DSA-623-1 nasm

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-623-1 nasm

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Jonathan Rockway discovered a buffer overflow in nasm, the
general-purpose x86 assembler, which could lead to the execution of
arbitrary code when compiling a maliciously crafted assembler source
file.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.98.28cvs-1woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.98.38-1.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your nasm package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-623
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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