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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.892381
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2381-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lua5.3' package(s) announced via the DLA-2381-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lua5.3' package(s) announced via the DLA-2381-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability was discovered in lua5.3, a simple, extensible, embeddable programming language whereby a negation overflow and segmentation fault could be triggered in getlocal and setlocal, as demonstrated by getlocal(3,2^31).

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 5.3.3-1+deb9u1.

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: [link moved to references]

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'lua5.3' package(s) on Debian 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-24370
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E6KONNG6UEI3FMEOY67NDZC32NBGBI44/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QXYMCIUNGK26VHAYHGP5LPW56G2KWOHQ/
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00324.html
https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/a585eae6e7ada1ca9271607a4f48dfb17868ab7b
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00019.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00031.html
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