Security
Security
A buffer overflow in Lua might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code.
| Package | dev-lang/lua on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 5.1.5-r4 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 5.1.5-r4 |
Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. It supports procedural programming, object-oriented programming, functional programming, data-driven programming, and data description.
A buffer overflow was discovered in the vararg functions in ldo.c in Lua.
Context-dependent could cause a Denial of Service condition or execute arbitrary code.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Lua users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/lua-5.1.5-r4"
Release date
January 23, 2017
Latest revision
January 23, 2017: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local, remote
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