SB20220201101 - Fedora 35 update for lua
Published: February 1, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB20220201101
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43519)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the lua_resume() function of ldo.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted script file to he application, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.