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Unscored CVE-2014-2875 EUVD-2014-2899GHSA-c8vc-vjpf-2fph

The session.lua library in CGILua 5.2 alpha 1 and 5.2 alpha 2 uses weak session IDs generated based on OS time, which allows remote attacke…

Published Feb 6, 2020 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The session.lua library in CGILua 5.2 alpha 1 and 5.2 alpha 2 uses weak session IDs generated based on OS time, which allows remote attackers to hijack arbitrary sessions via a brute force attack. NOTE: CVE-2014-10399 and CVE-2014-10400 were SPLIT from this ID.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 13 lua-cgi No fix yet —
Debian 12 lua-cgi No fix yet —

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