SB2014090305 - Buffer overflow in lua5.2 (Alpine package)
Published: September 3, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014090305
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5461)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.