CVE-2019-6706

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.

CVE-2019-6706 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by liblua5.3-0 5.3.3-1ubuntu0.18.04.1, released January 22, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.1738
97th percentile

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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
liblua5.3-0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 5.3.3-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 liblua5.3-0 5.3.3-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 22, 2019
lua · RHEL 8 0:5.3.4-11.el8 RHSA-2019:3706 Nov 5, 2019
lua · ol 8 0:5.3.4-11.el8 ELSA-2019-3706 Nov 14, 2019
lua-devel · RHEL 8 0:5.3.4-11.el8 RHSA-2019:3706 Nov 5, 2019
lua-devel · ol 8 0:5.3.4-11.el8 ELSA-2019-3706 Nov 14, 2019
lua-libs · RHEL 8 0:5.3.4-11.el8 RHSA-2019:3706 Nov 5, 2019
lua-libs · ol 8 0:5.3.4-11.el8 ELSA-2019-3706 Nov 14, 2019
lua5.3 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 5.3.3-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 lua5.3 5.3.3-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 22, 2019

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