1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2338-1

USN-2338-1: Lua vulnerability

Publication date

3 September 2014

Overview

Lua could be made to crash or run programs.

Releases

Packages

  • lua5.1 - Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language

Details

It was discovered that Lua incorrectly handled certain vararg functions
with a large number of fixed parameters. An attacker could use this issue
to cause Lua applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that Lua incorrectly handled certain vararg functions
with a large number of fixed parameters. An attacker could use this issue
to cause Lua applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.04 trusty liblua5.1-0 –  5.1.5-5ubuntu0.1
lua5.1 –  5.1.5-5ubuntu0.1
12.04 precise liblua5.1-0 –  5.1.4-12ubuntu1.1
lua5.1 –  5.1.4-12ubuntu1.1

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