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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2021-4510 Low: Lua Segmentation Fault

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The advisory from Red Hat addresses a minor lua revision and outlines its implications for users of Enterprise Linux 8.
An update for lua is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

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: segmentation fault in getlocal and setlocal functions in ldebug.c (CVE-2020-24370)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update security impact segmentation fault low lua

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24370 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#low https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
aarch64: lua-5.3.4-12.el8.aarch64.rpm lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.aarch64.rpm lua-debugsource-5.3.4-12.el8.aarch64.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: lua-5.3.4-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm lua-debugsource-5.3.4-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: lua-5.3.4-12.el8.s390x.rpm lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.s390x.rpm lua-debugsource-5.3.4-12.el8.s390x.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: lua-5.3.4-12.el8.x86_64.rpm lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.x86_64.rpm lua-debugsource-5.3.4-12.el8.x86_64.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: lua-5.3.4-12.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.aarch64.rpm lua-debugsource-5.3.4-12.el8.aarch64.rpm lua-libs-5.3.4-12.el8.aarch64.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm lua-debugsource-5.3.4-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm lua-libs-5.3.4-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.s390x.rpm lua-debugsource-5.3.4-12.el8.s390x.rpm lua-libs-5.3.4-12.el8.s390x.rpm lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-12.el8.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:4510-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4510
Issue date: 2021-11-09

Topic

An update for lua is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update security impact segmentation fault low lua

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1870290 - CVE-2020-24370 lua: segmentation fault in getlocal and setlocal functions in ldebug.c

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