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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3016-1 (lua5.2 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
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.
Affected Software
Affected Software
lua5.2 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.1-3+deb7u1. For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.3-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.3-1. We recommend that you upgrade your lua5.2 packages.