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AlmaLinux 9 : lua (ALSA-2022:7329)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166892

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:7329 advisory.

 - An issue in the component luaG_runerror of Lua v5.4.4 and below leads to a heap-buffer overflow when a recursive error occurs. (CVE-2022-33099)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected lua, lua-devel and / or lua-libs packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-7329.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166892

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-7329.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 11/3/2022

Updated: 10/5/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-33099

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:lua, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:lua-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:lua-libs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-33099

CWE: 787