A floating-point exception was discovered in PackLinuxElf::elf_hash in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.95. The vulnerability causes an application crash, which leads to denial of service.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A floating-point exception was discovered in PackLinuxElf::elf_hash in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 3.95. The     vulnerability causes an application crash, which leads to denial of service. (CVE-2019-20051)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

3.96, multiple security fixes.

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Patch for CVE-2019-20021

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
258805	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-20051	Nessus	Misc.	medium
133535	Fedora 31 : upx (2020-67590fbf08)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
133423	Fedora 30 : upx (2020-20cf0743f5)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2019-20051

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