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  • [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202305-23 ] Lua: Multiple Vulnerabilities

    From Sam James@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 3 13:20:01 2023
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    Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202305-23
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    Severity: Normal
    Title: Lua: Multiple Vulnerabilities
    Date: May 03, 2023
    Bugs: #837521, #831053, #520480
    ID: 202305-23

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    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 security@gentoo.org 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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