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Medium ALSA-2022:7329 1 CVE

Moderate: lua security update

Published Nov 2, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

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 overflow in luaG_errormsg() in ldebug.c due to uncontrolled recursion in error handling (CVE-2022-33099)

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.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 lua 5.4.2-4.el9_0.3
AlmaLinux · 9 lua-devel 5.4.2-4.el9_0.3
AlmaLinux · 9 lua-libs 5.4.2-4.el9_0.3

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-33099
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2104427
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-7329.html