Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2023.3469
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-3469-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lua5.3' package(s) announced via the DLA-3469-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lua5.3' package(s) announced via the DLA-3469-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Issues were found in lua5.3, a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending applications, which may result in denial of service. 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 or potentially arbitary code execution 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: [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 10. 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-2019-6706 http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2019-01/msg00039.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151335/Lua-5.3.5-Use-After-Free.html https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-6706 https://github.com/Lua-Project/cve-analysis/blob/a43c9ccd00274b31fa2f24c6c8f20ce36655682d/CVE-2019-6706.pdf https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/89aee84cbc9224f638f3b7951b306d2ee8ecb71e https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00031.html 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
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