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Red Hat: RHSA-2023:2582 Low Severity: lua Heap Buffer Overread

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Calendar Grey May 9, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat has issued a security update RHSA-2023-2582 addressing a low severity Lua vulnerability that may lead to information leaks, urging users to update swiftly
An update for lua is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The lua packages provide support for Lua, a powerful light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language.
Security Fix(es):
* lua: heap buffer overread (CVE-2022-28805)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat low severity lua heap buffer overread

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-28805 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.2_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
aarch64: lua-5.4.4-3.el9.aarch64.rpm lua-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.aarch64.rpm lua-debugsource-5.4.4-3.el9.aarch64.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: lua-5.4.4-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm lua-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm lua-debugsource-5.4.4-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: lua-5.4.4-3.el9.s390x.rpm lua-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.s390x.rpm lua-debugsource-5.4.4-3.el9.s390x.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: lua-5.4.4-3.el9.x86_64.rpm lua-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.x86_64.rpm lua-debugsource-5.4.4-3.el9.x86_64.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9):
Source: lua-5.4.4-3.el9.src.rpm
aarch64: lua-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.aarch64.rpm lua-debugsource-5.4.4-3.el9.aarch64.rpm lua-libs-5.4.4-3.el9.aarch64.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: lua-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm lua-debugsource-5.4.4-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm lua-libs-5.4.4-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: lua-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.s390x.rpm lua-debugsource-5.4.4-3.el9.s390x.rpm lua-libs-5.4.4-3.el9.s390x.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: lua-debuginfo-5.4.4-3.el9.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:2582-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2582
Issue date: 2023-05-09

Topic

An update for lua is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat low severity lua heap buffer overread

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2073884 - CVE-2022-28805 lua: heap buffer overread

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