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openSUSE: 2021:0826-1 Moderate: upx Heap Buffer Overflow Advisory

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Calendar Grey June 3, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A patch release for upx addresses a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in openSUSE, classified with a moderate severity rating and includes an installation guide.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for upx fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2020-24119: Fixed a heap buffer overflow in p_lx_elf.cpp

(boo#1186238)

This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow moderate severity heap overflow openSUSE patch instructions upx

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-826=1

Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

upx-3.96-bp152.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24119.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186238

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0826-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 .

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Topics Covered

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