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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-11243: upx Multiple vulnerabilities

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-11243: upx Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/18/2018
Created
01/05/2021
Added
01/04/2021
Modified
01/04/2021

Description

PackLinuxElf64::unpack in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free), limit the ability of a malware scanner to operate on the entire original data, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-upx

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