PT-2023-12566 · Upx+1 · Upx+1

Aidaipop · Published 2023-08-22 · Updated 2023-08-25 · CVE-2021-46179

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions upx versions prior to 4.0.0

Description The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file passed to the readx function. This can lead to a reachable assertion vulnerability.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.0.0, update to version 4.0.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the readx function until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Assertion Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-617

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-46179

Affected Products

Debian

Upx

References · 9

• https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/545 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46179 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46179 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-46179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/68975 · Telegram Post