An upx security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4.

openSUSE-SU-2023:0031-1: moderate: Security update for upx

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for upx
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2023:0031-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1207122
Cross-References: CVE-2023-23457
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

upx was updated to fix the following issues:

- CVE-2023-23457: Fixed a segmentation fault when processing malicious elf
files (boo#1207122)

Update to release 4.0.1

* Fix crash when a linux/armeb LZMA-packed binary unpacks itself.
* Resolve "CantPackException: bad ElfXX_Shdrs" with staticly-linked
programs.
* Resolve "CantPackException: need DT_INIT;..." when attempting to
re-compress an already packed binary.

Update to release 4.0

* Add support for EFI files

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2023-31=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

upx-4.0.1-bp154.4.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23457.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207122