Amazon Linux AMI : lua (ALAS-2014-402)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78345

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

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.

Solution

Run 'yum update lua' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-402.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78345

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-402.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:lua, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:lua-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:lua-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:lua-static, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5461

ALAS: 2014-402