Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-5461 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 2 | |
| OS | 2 | |
| OS | 1 | |
| OS | 2 | |
| Application | 9 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2014-549.NASL description lua was updated to fix an overflow in varargs functions (CVE-2014-5461 ,bnc#893824) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-09-22 plugin id 77778 published 2014-09-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77778 title openSUSE Security Update : lua (openSUSE-SU-2014:1145-1) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2020-1477.NASL description According to the version of the lua package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2014-5461) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-04-30 modified 2020-04-16 plugin id 135639 published 2020-04-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135639 title EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.2 : lua (EulerOS-SA-2020-1477) NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS11_LUA_20141014.NASL description The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - 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. (CVE-2014-5461) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80701 published 2015-01-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80701 title Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : lua (cve_2014_5461_buffer_errors) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201701-53.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-53 (Lua: Buffer overflow) A buffer overflow was discovered in the vararg functions in ldo.c in Lua. Impact : Context-dependent could cause a Denial of Service condition or execute arbitrary code. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96688 published 2017-01-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96688 title GLSA-201701-53 : Lua: Buffer overflow NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2020-1220.NASL description According to the version of the lua package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2014-5461) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-19 modified 2020-03-13 plugin id 134509 published 2020-03-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/134509 title EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : lua (EulerOS-SA-2020-1220) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-47.NASL description Fix stack overflow in vararg functions. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2015-03-26 plugin id 82194 published 2015-03-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82194 title Debian DLA-47-1 : lua5.1 security update NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2014-205.NASL description Updated lua and lua5.1 packages fix security vulnerability : A heap-based overflow vulnerability was found in the way Lua handles varargs functions with many fixed parameters called with few arguments, leading to application crashes or, potentially, arbitrary code execution (CVE-2014-5461). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 78684 published 2014-10-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78684 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : lua (MDVSA-2014:205) NASL family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ALA_ALAS-2014-402.NASL 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 78345 published 2014-10-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78345 title Amazon Linux AMI : lua (ALAS-2014-402) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2338-1.NASL description It was discovered that Lua incorrectly handled certain vararg functions with a large number of fixed parameters. An attacker could use this issue to cause Lua applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 77525 published 2014-09-04 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77525 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS : lua5.1 vulnerability (USN-2338-1) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3016.NASL description A heap-based overflow vulnerability was found in the way Lua, a simple, extensible, embeddable programming language, handles varargs functions with many fixed parameters called with few arguments, leading to application crashes or, potentially, arbitrary code execution. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-09-02 plugin id 77469 published 2014-09-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77469 title Debian DSA-3016-1 : lua5.2 - security update NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2629.NASL description According to the version of the lua package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2014-5461) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-12-18 plugin id 132164 published 2019-12-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132164 title EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : lua (EulerOS-SA-2019-2629) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3015.NASL description A heap-based overflow vulnerability was found in the way Lua, a simple, extensible, embeddable programming language, handles varargs functions with many fixed parameters called with few arguments, leading to application crashes or, potentially, arbitrary code execution. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-09-02 plugin id 77468 published 2014-09-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77468 title Debian DSA-3015-1 : lua5.1 - security update NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-1978.NASL description According to the version of the lua package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2014-5461) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-09-23 plugin id 129135 published 2019-09-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129135 title EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : lua (EulerOS-SA-2019-1978) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2015-144.NASL description Updated lua and lua5.1 packages fix security vulnerability : A heap-based overflow vulnerability was found in the way Lua handles varargs functions with many fixed parameters called with few arguments, leading to application crashes or, potentially, arbitrary code execution (CVE-2014-5461). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 82397 published 2015-03-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82397 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : lua (MDVSA-2015:144) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2382.NASL description According to the version of the lua package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2014-5461) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-12-10 plugin id 131874 published 2019-12-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131874 title EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : lua (EulerOS-SA-2019-2382)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015
- http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60869
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.html
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:144
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61411
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-53
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23