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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202305-23

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202305-23 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Lua, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202305-23


                                       https://security.gentoo.org/  

Severity: Normal
Title: Lua: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: May 03, 2023
Bugs: #837521, #831053, #520480
ID: 202305-23


Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Lua, the worst of which
could result in arbitrary code execution.

Background

Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting
language. It supports procedural programming, object-oriented
programming, functional programming, data-driven programming, and data
description.

Affected packages

-------------------------------------------------------------------  
 Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected  
-------------------------------------------------------------------  
dev-lang/lua:0                  *  
dev-lang/lua:5.1        <5.1.5-r200:5.1    >=5.1.5-r200:5.1  
dev-lang/lua:5.2        <5.2.3:5.2         >=5.2.3:5.2  
dev-lang/lua:5.4        <5.4.4-r103:5.4    >=5.4.4-r103:5.4

Description  

===========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Lua. Please review the
CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Lua 5.1 users should upgrade to the latest version:

emerge --sync

emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose “>=dev-lang/lua-5.1.5-r200”

All Lua 5.3 users should upgrade to the latest version:

emerge --sync

emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose “>=dev-lang/lua-5.2.3”

All Lua 5.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:

emerge --sync

emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose “>=dev-lang/lua-5.4.4-r103”

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-5461
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5461
[ 2 ] CVE-2021-44647
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44647
[ 3 ] CVE-2022-28805
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28805

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2023 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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