Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Lua vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
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| Name | USN-2338-1 | First vendor Publication | 2014-09-03 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2014-09-03 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Lua could be made to crash or run programs. Software Description: - lua5.1: Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language Details: It was discovered that Lua incorrectly handled certain vararg functions with a large number of fixed parameters. An attacker could use this issue to cause Lua applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26493 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26493 | ||
| Title: | DSA-3016-1 lua5.2 - security 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-3016-1 CVE-2014-5461 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0 | Product(s): | lua5.2 |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26549 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26549 | ||
| Title: | USN-2338-1 -- lua5.1 vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Lua could be made to crash or run programs. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-2338-1 CVE-2014-5461 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 12.04 | Product(s): | lua5.1 |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26619 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26619 | ||
| Title: | DSA-3015-1 lua5.1 - security 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-3015-1 CVE-2014-5461 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0 | Product(s): | lua5.1 |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2017-01-23 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-53.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-30 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-144.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-26 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-47.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-19 | Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software. File : solaris11_lua_20141014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-27 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-205.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-12 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2014-402.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-09-22 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2014-549.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-09-04 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-2338-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-09-02 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3015.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-09-02 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-09-05 21:27:48 |
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| 2014-09-05 13:24:22 |
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| 2014-09-04 21:27:28 |
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| 2014-09-03 17:21:21 |
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