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.

An update of the nmap package has been released.

An update of the lua package has been released.

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2019:3706 advisory.

  - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-3706 advisory.

    [5.3.4-11]
    - Fix use after free in lua_upvaluejoin (#1670167)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3469 advisory.

  - 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)

  - ldebug.c in Lua 5.4.0 allows a negation overflow and segmentation fault in getlocal and setlocal, as     demonstrated by getlocal(3,2^31). (CVE-2020-24370)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2019:3706 advisory.

  - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2019:3706 advisory.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the lua packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - 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)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3706 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the lua packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - 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)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3941-1 advisory.

    Fady Othman discovered that Lua incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for lua53 fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

  - CVE-2019-6706: Fixed a use-after-free bug in the     lua_upvaluejoin function of lapi.c (bsc#1123043)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

This update for lua53 fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2019-6706: Fixed a use-after-free bug in the lua_upvaluejoin function of lapi.c (bsc#1123043)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security fix for CVE-2019-6706.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
203884	Photon OS 3.0: Nmap PHSA-2023-3.0-0601	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
203667	Photon OS 4.0: Nmap PHSA-2023-4.0-0517	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
203079	Photon OS 3.0: Lua PHSA-2019-3.0-0036	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
184484	Rocky Linux 8 : lua (RLSA-2019:3706)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
180664	Oracle Linux 8 : lua (ELSA-2019-3706)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
177553	Debian DLA-3469-1 : lua5.3 - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
157534	AlmaLinux 8 : lua (ALSA-2019:3706)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
148816	Photon OS 4.0: Lua PHSA-2021-4.0-0009	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
145605	CentOS 8 : lua (CESA-2019:3706)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
131504	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.3.0 : lua (EulerOS-SA-2019-2339)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
130573	RHEL 8 : lua (RHSA-2019:3706)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
127013	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : lua (EulerOS-SA-2019-1776)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
123933	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Lua vulnerability (USN-3941-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
122222	openSUSE Security Update : lua53 (openSUSE-2019-175)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
121617	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : lua53 (SUSE-SU-2019:0247-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
121446	Fedora 29 : lua (2019-ee57bda7ae)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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