Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20196291000
Revision Date:2019-01-14Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-6291 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - negligible.
Description:An issue was discovered in the function expr6 in eval.c in Netwide Assembler (NASM) through 2.14.02. There is a stack exhaustion problem caused by the expr6 function making recursive calls to itself in certain scenarios involving lots of '!' or '+' or '-' characters. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted asm file.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-6291
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND The 'nasm' package in cosmic is affected, but a decision has been made to defer addressing it (note: '2019-04-25').
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