Debian 10 LTS: DLA-3469-1 Critical: lua5.3 Denial of Service
debian lts
June 22, 2023
Issues were found in lua5.3, a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending applications, which may result in denial of service
Topics Covered
Summary
CVE-2019-6706
Fady Osman discovered a heap-user-after-free vulnerability in
lua_upvaluejoin() in lapi.c, which might result in denial of service
upon calling debug.upvaluejoin() with specific arguments.
CVE-2020-24370
Yongheng Chen discovered a negation overflow and segmentation fault
issue in getlocal() and setlocal(), as demonstrated by getlocal(3,2^31).
For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version
5.3.3-1.1+deb10u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your lua5.3 packages.
For the detailed security status of lua5.3 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/lua5.3
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package: lua5.3
Version: 5.3.3-1.1+deb10u1
CVE ID: CVE-2019-6706 CVE-2020-24370
Debian Bug: 920321 988734
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