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Mageia 7 MGASA-2020-0342 Critical: luajit Out-Of-Bounds Read

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2020
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Latest luajit updates resolve a critical security flaw affecting Mageia. Users are advised to review the specifics of the issue for informed action.
An issue has been found in luajit, a just in time compiler for Lua

Summary

An issue has been found in luajit, a just in time compiler for Lua. An out-of-bounds read could happen because __gc handler frame traversal is mishandled (CVE-2020-15890).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27021

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00026.html

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15890

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/luajit-2.1.0-0.beta3.5.mga7

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Publication date: 25 Aug 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0342.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-15890

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