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CVE-2014-5461 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in the vararg functions in ldo.c in Lua 5.1 through 5.2.x before 5.2.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small number of arguments to a function with a large number of fixed arguments.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  09/04/2014

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61411
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016 Third Party Advisory
http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:144 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1 Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4 Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-53

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-5461
NVD Published Date:
09/04/2014
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018