Debian DSA-3015-1 : lua5.1 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77468

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A heap-based overflow vulnerability was found in the way Lua, a simple, extensible, embeddable programming language, handles varargs functions with many fixed parameters called with few arguments, leading to application crashes or, potentially, arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the lua5.1 packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 5.1.5-4+deb7u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/lua5.1

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77468

File Name: debian_DSA-3015.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/2/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lua5.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5461

BID: 69342

DSA: 3015