SB2022041112 - Heap-based buffer overflow in Lua
Published: April 11, 2022 Updated: May 1, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28805)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the singlevar function in lparser.c. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted luaK_exp2anyregup call, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
2) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-33099)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The
vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the luaG_runerror component. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2022-02/msg00001.html
- https://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2022-02/msg00070.html
- https://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2022-04/msg00009.html
- https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/1f3c6f4534c6411313361697d98d1145a1f030fa
- https://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2022-05/msg00073.html
- https://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2022-05/msg00042.html
- https://www.lua.org/bugs.html#Lua-stack%20overflow%20when%20C%20stack%20overflows%20while%20handling%20an%20error:~:text=Lua%2Dstack%20overflow%20when%20C%20stack%20overflows%20while%20handling%20an%20error
- https://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2022-05/msg00035.html
- https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/42d40581dd919fb134c07027ca1ce0844c670daf
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJNJ66IFDUKWJJZXHGOLRGIA3HWWC36R/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHYZOEFDVLVAD6EEP4CDW6DNONIVVHPA/