singlevar in lparser.c in Lua from (including) 5.4.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.4 lacks a certain luaK_exp2anyregup call, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read that might affect a system that compiles untrusted Lua code.

An update of the nmap package has been released.

An update of the lua package has been released.

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the lua-5.4.4-3.el9 build changelog.

  - singlevar in lparser.c in Lua from (including) 5.4.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.4 lacks a certain     luaK_exp2anyregup call, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read that might affect a system that compiles     untrusted Lua code. (CVE-2022-28805)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle     Systems (component: Device Driver Interface). The     supported version that is affected is 11. Easily     exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker     with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris     executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of     Oracle Solaris. Note: CVE-2023-22023 is equivalent to     CVE-2023-31284. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8     (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
    CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
    (CVE-2023-22023)

  - Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools     product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Security     (OpenSSL)). Supported versions that are affected are     8.58, 8.59 and 8.60. Easily exploitable vulnerability     allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via     TLS to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools.
    Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in     unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft     Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base     Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
    (CVE-2022-2097)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle     MySQL (component: Server: Connection Handling).
    Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.39 and     prior and 8.0.30 and prior. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with     network access via multiple protocols to compromise     MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability     can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or     frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL     Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts).
    CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
    (CVE-2022-21617)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle     MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions     that are affected are 5.7.39 and prior and 8.0.30 and     prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high     privileged attacker with network access via multiple     protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks     of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability     to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete     DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9     (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
    (CVE-2022-21608)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle     MySQL (component: Server: Security: Encryption).
    Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.39 and     prior and 8.0.29 and prior. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with     network access via multiple protocols to compromise     MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability     can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of     MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.3     (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
    (CVE-2022-21592)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle     MySQL (component: Server: Security: Privileges).
    Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.39 and     prior and 8.0.16 and prior. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with     network access via multiple protocols to compromise     MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability     can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of     MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.3     (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
    (CVE-2022-21589)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle     MySQL (component: Server: Packaging (cURL)). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.7.41 and prior and     8.0.32 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability     allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via     multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server.
    Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in     unauthorized access to critical data or complete access     to all MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score     7.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
    (CVE-2022-43551)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Communications Network     Analytics Data Director product of Oracle Communications     (component: Install/Upgrade (Kerberos)). The supported     version that is affected is 23.1.0. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with     network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle     Communications Network Analytics Data Director.
    Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in     takeover of Oracle Communications Network Analytics Data     Director. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality,     Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
    (CVE-2022-42898)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology     product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Third     Party (SQLite)). The supported version that is affected     is 8.5.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low     privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure     where Oracle Outside In Technology executes to     compromise Oracle Outside In Technology. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized     creation, deletion or modification access to critical     data or all Oracle Outside In Technology accessible data     as well as unauthorized access to critical data or     complete access to all Oracle Outside In Technology     accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a     partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle     Outside In Technology. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.3     (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
    CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L).
    (CVE-2022-46908)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle Communications Diameter     Signaling Router product of Oracle Communications     (component: Platform (Microcode Controller)). The     supported version that is affected is 8.6.0.0. Easily     exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker     with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle     Communications Diameter Signaling Router executes to     compromise Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling     Router. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can     result in unauthorized access to critical data or     complete access to all Oracle Communications Diameter     Signaling Router accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score     5.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
    (CVE-2022-21123)

  - Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools     product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Porting     (Cryptography)). Supported versions that are affected     are 8.59 and 8.60. Easily exploitable vulnerability     allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via     HTTPS to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools.
    Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in     unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of     PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data and     unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of     service (partial DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise     PeopleTools. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Integrity and     Availability impacts). CVSS Vector:
    (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L).
    (CVE-2023-23931)

  - Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools     product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Porting (Python     setuptools)). Supported versions that are affected are     8.59 and 8.60. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows     unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to     compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful     attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized     ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash     (complete DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools.
    CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS     Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
    (CVE-2022-40897)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-2582 advisory.

  - singlevar in lparser.c in Lua from (including) 5.4.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.4 lacks a certain     luaK_exp2anyregup call, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read that might affect a system that compiles     untrusted Lua code. (CVE-2022-28805)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:2582 advisory.

  - singlevar in lparser.c in Lua from (including) 5.4.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.4 lacks a certain     luaK_exp2anyregup call, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read that might affect a system that compiles     untrusted Lua code. (CVE-2022-28805)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2582 advisory.

  - lua: heap buffer overread (CVE-2022-28805)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202305-23 (Lua: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - Buffer overflow in the vararg functions in ldo.c in Lua 5.1 through 5.2.x before 5.2.3 allows context-     dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small number of arguments to a function     with a large number of fixed arguments. (CVE-2014-5461)

  - Lua v5.4.3 and above are affected by SEGV by type confusion in funcnamefromcode function in ldebug.c which     can cause a local denial of service. (CVE-2021-44647)

  - singlevar in lparser.c in Lua from (including) 5.4.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.4 lacks a certain     luaK_exp2anyregup call, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read that might affect a system that compiles     untrusted Lua code. (CVE-2022-28805)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of lua / ntopng installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-28805 advisory.

  - singlevar in lparser.c in Lua from (including) 5.4.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.4 lacks a certain     luaK_exp2anyregup call, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read that might affect a system that compiles     untrusted Lua code. (CVE-2022-28805)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-176 advisory.

  - Stack overflow in lua_resume of ldo.c in Lua Interpreter 5.1.0~5.4.4 allows attackers to perform a Denial     of Service via a crafted script file. (CVE-2021-43519)

  - Lua v5.4.3 and above are affected by SEGV by type confusion in funcnamefromcode function in ldebug.c which     can cause a local denial of service. (CVE-2021-44647)

  - singlevar in lparser.c in Lua from (including) 5.4.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.4 lacks a certain     luaK_exp2anyregup call, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read that might affect a system that compiles     untrusted Lua code. (CVE-2022-28805)

  - An issue in the component luaG_runerror of Lua v5.4.4 and below leads to a heap-buffer overflow when a     recursive error occurs. (CVE-2022-33099)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-146 advisory.

  - singlevar in lparser.c in Lua from (including) 5.4.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.4 lacks a certain     luaK_exp2anyregup call, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read that might affect a system that compiles     untrusted Lua code. (CVE-2022-28805)

  - An issue in the component luaG_runerror of Lua v5.4.4 and below leads to a heap-buffer overflow when a     recursive error occurs. (CVE-2022-33099)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
203884	Photon OS 3.0: Nmap PHSA-2023-3.0-0601	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
203606	Photon OS 5.0: Nmap PHSA-2023-5.0-0036	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
203185	Photon OS 4.0: Lua PHSA-2022-4.0-0173	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
191333	CentOS 9 : lua-5.4.4-3.el9	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	critical
178627	Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jul2023_SRU11_4_57_144_3	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	critical
175706	Oracle Linux 9 : lua (ELSA-2023-2582)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
175654	AlmaLinux 9 : lua (ALSA-2023:2582)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	critical
175459	RHEL 9 : lua (RHSA-2023:2582)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
175055	GLSA-202305-23 : Lua: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
172906	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: lua / ntopng (CVE-2022-28805)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	critical
166997	Amazon Linux 2022 : (ALAS2022-2022-176)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical
166119	Amazon Linux 2022 : (ALAS2022-2022-146)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical

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