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openSUSE Security Update : upx (openSUSE-2020-163)

high Nessus Plugin ID 133490

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for upx to version 3.96 fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2019-1010048: Fixed a denial of service in PackLinuxElf32::PackLinuxElf32help1() (boo#1141777).

 - CVE-2019-14296: Fixed a denial of service in canUnpack() (boo#1143839).

 - CVE-2019-20021: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read in canUnpack() (boo#1159833).

 - CVE-2019-20053: Fixed a denial of service in canUnpack() (boo#1159920).

 - CVE-2018-11243: Fixed a denial of service in PackLinuxElf64::unpack() (boo#1094138).

 - Update to version 3.96

 - Bug fixes: [CVE-2019-1010048, boo#1141777] [CVE-2019-14296, boo#1143839] [CVE-2019-20021, boo#1159833] [CVE-2019-20053, boo#1159920] [CVE-2018-11243 partially - ticket 206 ONLY, boo#1094138]

 - Update to version 3.95

 - Flag --force-pie when ET_DYN main program is not marked as DF_1_PIE

 - Better compatibility with varying layout of address space on Linux

 - Support for 4 PT_LOAD layout in ELF generated by binutils-2.31

 - bug fixes, particularly better diagnosis of malformed input

 - bug fixes - see https://github.com/upx/upx/milestone/4

Solution

Update the affected upx packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1094138

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1141777

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1143839

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1159833

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1159920

https://github.com/upx/upx/milestone/4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133490

File Name: openSUSE-2020-163.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/5/2020

Updated: 3/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14296

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:upx, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:upx-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:upx-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11243, CVE-2019-1010048, CVE-2019-14296, CVE-2019-20021, CVE-2019-20053