[ MDVSA-2014:205 ] lua

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2014:205
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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 Package : lua
 Date    : October 24, 2014
 Affected: Business Server 1.0
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 Problem 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).
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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5461
 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html
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