| Name | CVE-2014-2875 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 953037 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| lua-cgi (PTS) | jessie, buster, stretch | 5.2~alpha2-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 5.2~alpha2-1.1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 5.2~alpha2-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| lua-cgi | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| lua-cgi | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 953037 |
Notes
https://github.com/keplerproject/cgilua/issues/17
The code itself is broken and thus cannot be exploited per se if not fixed,
see details in https://bugs.debian.org/954300