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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-20285: Out-of-bounds Write

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-20285: Out-of-bounds Write

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
03/26/2021
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

A flaw was found in upx canPack in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.96. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV or buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impacts via a crafted ELF. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-upx

References

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