Ubuntu Security Notice 6916-1 - It was discovered that Lua did not properly generate code when "_ENV" is constant. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary unstrusted lua code. It was discovered that Lua did not properly handle C stack overflows during error handling. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6916-1
July 29, 2024
lua5.4 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Lua.
Software Description:
- lua5.4: Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language
Details:
It was discovered that Lua did not properly generate code when "_ENV" is
constant. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary unstrusted lua code. (CVE-2022-28805)
It was discovered that Lua did not properly handle C stack overflows during
error handling. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2022-33099)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
lua5.4 5.4.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6916-1
CVE-2022-28805, CVE-2022-33099