Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NASM, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.
| Package | dev-lang/nasm on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.16.01 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.16.01 |
NASM is a 80x86 assembler that has been created for portability and modularity. NASM supports Pentium, P6, SSE MMX, and 3DNow extensions. It also supports a wide range of objects formats (ELF, a.out, COFF, etc), and has its own disassembler.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NASM. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All NASM users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/nasm-2.16.01"