Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-14228 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function paste_tokens() in preproc.c, aka a NULL pointer dereference. It will lead to remote denial of service.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2017-1297.NASL description According to the version of the nasm package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function paste_tokens() in preproc.c, aka a NULL pointer dereference. It will lead to remote denial of service.(CVE-2017-14228 ) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-06 modified 2017-12-01 plugin id 104915 published 2017-12-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104915 title EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2017-1297) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(104915); script_version("3.12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/04"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2017-14228" ); script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2017-1297)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to the version of the nasm package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function paste_tokens() in preproc.c, aka a NULL pointer dereference. It will lead to remote denial of service.(CVE-2017-14228 ) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues."); # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2017-1297 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?56e39f4c"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Update the affected nasm package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/11/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/12/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:nasm"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp"); script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS"); if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0"); sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp"); if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP1"); uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP1", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp); if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu); flag = 0; pkgs = ["nasm-2.10.07-7.h1"]; foreach (pkg in pkgs) if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"1", reference:pkg)) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "nasm"); }
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3694-1.NASL description It was discovered that NASM incorrectly handled certain source files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted source file, a remote attacker could use these issues to cause NASM to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 110805 published 2018-06-29 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110805 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : nasm vulnerabilities (USN-3694-1) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3694-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered # trademark of Canonical, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(110805); script_version("1.4"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/18 12:31:48"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-10686", "CVE-2017-11111", "CVE-2017-14228", "CVE-2017-17810", "CVE-2017-17811", "CVE-2017-17812", "CVE-2017-17813", "CVE-2017-17814", "CVE-2017-17815", "CVE-2017-17816", "CVE-2017-17817", "CVE-2017-17818", "CVE-2017-17819", "CVE-2017-17820", "CVE-2018-8881"); script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3694-1"); script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : nasm vulnerabilities (USN-3694-1)"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "It was discovered that NASM incorrectly handled certain source files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted source file, a remote attacker could use these issues to cause NASM to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3694-1/" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected nasm package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nasm"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/06/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/06/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/06/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("ubuntu.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release"); if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu"); release = chomp(release); if (! preg(pattern:"^(14\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 14.04", "Ubuntu " + release); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu); flag = 0; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"nasm", pkgver:"2.10.09-1ubuntu0.1")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : ubuntu_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "nasm"); }
NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2017-1298.NASL description According to the version of the nasm package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function paste_tokens() in preproc.c, aka a NULL pointer dereference. It will lead to remote denial of service.(CVE-2017-14228 ) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-06 modified 2017-12-01 plugin id 104916 published 2017-12-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104916 title EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2017-1298) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(104916); script_version("3.12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/04"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2017-14228" ); script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : nasm (EulerOS-SA-2017-1298)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to the version of the nasm package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc0, there is an illegal address access in the function paste_tokens() in preproc.c, aka a NULL pointer dereference. It will lead to remote denial of service.(CVE-2017-14228 ) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues."); # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2017-1298 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?30309091"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Update the affected nasm package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/11/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/12/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:nasm"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp"); script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS"); if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0"); sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp"); if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP2"); uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP2", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp); if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu); flag = 0; pkgs = ["nasm-2.10.07-7.h1"]; foreach (pkg in pkgs) if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"2", reference:pkg)) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "nasm"); }
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201903-19.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201903-19 (NASM: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NASM. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or execute arbitrary code. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 123425 published 2019-03-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123425 title GLSA-201903-19 : NASM: Multiple vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201903-19. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(123425); script_version("1.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/27"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-10686", "CVE-2017-11111", "CVE-2017-14228"); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201903-19"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201903-19 : NASM: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201903-19 (NASM: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NASM. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or execute arbitrary code. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-19" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All NASM users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/nasm-2.14.02'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:nasm"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/06/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-lang/nasm", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.14.02"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.14.02"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "NASM"); }