MGASA-2014-0414

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    MGASA-2014-0414

    Published: 23 Oct 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-5461

    Summary: Updated lua and lua5.1 packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A heap-based overflow vulnerability was found in the way Lua handles varargs functions with many fixed parameters called with few arguments, leading to application crashes or, potentially, arbitrary code execution (CVE-2014-5461).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14038, http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1, https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015, https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: lua5.1

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/lua5.1?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.1.5-2.2.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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