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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-23457: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-23457: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/12/2023
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

A Segmentation fault was found in UPX in PackLinuxElf64::invert_pt_dynamic() in p_lx_elf.cpp. An attacker with a crafted input file allows invalid memory address access that could lead to a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-upx

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