RHSA-2022:7329 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: lua security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 2, 2022
Updated · August 4, 2026
Topic
An update for lua is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
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.