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Mageia 8: 2023-0005 Moderate: Minetest Lua Exploit Threat

This update provides minetest 5.6.1, the latest stable release of the open source voxel game. This updates provides a number of feature and bug fix changes compared to the previous version 5.4.0 provided in Mageia 8. See the linked release notes and changelogs for details. . MGASA-2023-0005 - Updated minetest packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 13 Jan 2023 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0005.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 8 CVE: CVE-2022-35978 This update provides minetest 5.6.1, the latest stable release of the open source voxel game. This updates provides a number of feature and bug fix changes compared to the previous version 5.4.0 provided in Mageia 8. See the linked release notes and changelogs for details. The update also improves compatibility with hosted game servers, which typically run and expect the latest stable release. The update also fixes a security vulnerability affecting single player with malicious mods (GHSA-663q-pcjw-27cc) In single player, a mod could set a global setting that controls the Lua script loaded to display the main menu. The script would be loaded as soon as the game session is exited. The Lua environment the menu runs in was not sandboxed and could directly interfere with the user's system. (CVE-2022-35978) References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31363 - https://blog.luanti.org/2022/08/04/5.6.0-released/ - https://docs.luanti.org/Changelog/ - https://docs.luanti.org/Changelog/ - https://docs.luanti.org/Changelog/ - https://github.com/luanti-org/luanti/security/advisories/GHSA-663q-pcjw-27cc - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35978 SRPMS: - 8/core/minetest-5.6.1-1.mga8 . Mageia 2023-0005 upgrades minetest to address a major security flaw impacting single player gameplay due to harmful modifications.. Mageia Minetest Security Update, Lua Scripting Vulnerability, Single Player Game Threats. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 13, 2023 •Important Mageia