Bug 1948696 (CVE-2021-30501) - CVE-2021-30501 upx: Assertion abort in function MemBuffer::alloc()
Summary: CVE-2021-30501 upx: Assertion abort in function MemBuffer::alloc()
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2021-30501
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1948697 1948698
Blocks: 1948700
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Reported: 2021-04-12 18:40 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2021-04-13 06:39 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-04-13 00:38:58 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2021-04-12 18:40:19 UTC
An assertion abort was found in upx MemBuffer::alloc() in mem.cpp, in version UPX 4.0.0. The flow allows attackers to cause a denial of service (abort) via a crafted file.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/486

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/upx/upx/pull/487
https://github.com/upx/upx/commit/28e761cd42211dfe0124b7a29b2f74730f453e46

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2021-04-12 18:40:50 UTC
Created upx tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1948697]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1948698]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-04-13 00:38:58 UTC
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-04-13 06:39:29 UTC
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.


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