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alsa-2019:3706

Vulnerability from osv_almalinux

Published

2019-11-05 20:53

Modified

2021-08-11 08:54

Summary

Moderate: lua security and bug fix update

Details

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: use-after-free in lua_upvaluejoin in lapi.c resulting in denial of service (CVE-2019-6706)

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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

URL

Type

https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-6706

REPORT

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  "id": "ALSA-2019:3706",
  "modified": "2021-08-11T08:54:00Z",
  "published": "2019-11-05T20:53:20Z",
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CVE-2019-6706 (GCVE-0-2019-6706)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-01-23 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 20:31

Summary

Lua 5.3.5 has a use-after-free in lua_upvaluejoin in lapi.c. For example, a crash outcome might be achieved by an attacker who is able to trigger a debug.upvaluejoin call in which the arguments have certain relationships.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151335/Lua-5…
https://github.com/Lua-Project/cve-analysis/blob/…
https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/89aee84cbc9224f…
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2019-01/msg00039.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-6706
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	mailing-list

Date Public

2019-01-23 00:00

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