CVE-2014-5461

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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4	Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1	Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015	Third Party Advisory
http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59890
http://secunia.com/advisories/60869
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.html	Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:144	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/61411
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-53

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.2.0:::::::*

Configuration 5 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:3.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2014-09-04 10:55

Updated : 2018-10-30 09:27

NVD link : CVE-2014-5461

Mitre link : CVE-2014-5461

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Products Affected

lua

mageia

mageia

canonical

ubuntu_linux

debian

debian_linux

opensuse

opensuse

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