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openSUSE Security Update : upx (openSUSE-2017-1174)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104079

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for upx fixes the following security issue :

 - CVE-2017-15056: specially crafted package may have caused a denial of service (boo#1062059)

In addition upx was updated to 3.94, with the following improvements :

 - Support for aarch64).

 - Support for --lzma compression on 64-bit PowerPC

Solution

Update the affected upx packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1062059

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104079

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1174.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:upx-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:upx-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:upx, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15056