Description
yasm v1.3.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the function yasm_intnum_copy at /libyasm/intnum.c. Note: Multiple third parties dispute this as a bug and not a vulnerability according to the YASM security policy.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | yasm | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | yasm | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | yasm | No fix yet | — |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3 | yasm | 1.3.0-14 | — |
| Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) | yasm | 1.3.0-14 | — |
References
- https://github.com/yasm/yasm/issues/210
- [oss-security] 20230620 CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230622 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230621 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230622 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230623 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230623 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230623 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230623 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230623 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230624 Re: CVE-2023-31975: memory leak in yasm mailing-list