Upstream information

CVE-2023-23457 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Fedora Project) National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.3 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low None
Integrity Impact Low None
Availability Impact Low High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1207122 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4
  • upx >= 4.0.2-bp154.4.6.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2023-31
openSUSE-2023-88
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • upx >= 4.0.2-bp154.4.6.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2023-31
openSUSE-2023-88
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • upx >= 4.0.1-2.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-12613

Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4 upx Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jan 13 01:00:15 2023
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 17:20:20 2025