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).

According to the versions of the lua package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    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)

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

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

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-2021:4510 advisory.

  - 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 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-2021:4510 advisory.

  - 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 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-2021-4510 advisory.

    [5.3.4-12]
    - Fix segfault in getlocal and setlocal (#1880445)

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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4510 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: segmentation fault in getlocal and setlocal functions in ldebug.c (CVE-2020-24370)

    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 8.5 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.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2021:4510 advisory.

  - lua: segmentation fault in getlocal and setlocal functions in ldebug.c (CVE-2020-24370)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:2196-1 advisory.

  - 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)

  - lgc.c in Lua 5.4.0 mishandles the interaction between barriers and the sweep phase, leading to a memory     access violation involving collectgarbage. (CVE-2020-24371)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:0962-1 advisory.

  - 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)

  - lgc.c in Lua 5.4.0 mishandles the interaction between barriers and the sweep phase, leading to a memory     access violation involving collectgarbage. (CVE-2020-24371)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2196-1 advisory.

  - 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)

  - lgc.c in Lua 5.4.0 mishandles the interaction between barriers and the sweep phase, leading to a memory     access violation involving collectgarbage. (CVE-2020-24371)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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 :

  - 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 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.

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

  - 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 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.

A vulnerability was discovered in lua5.3, a simple, extensible, embeddable programming language whereby a 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:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/lua5.3

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

The version of lua53 installed on the remote host is prior to 5.3.5-7. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1492 advisory.

    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)

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

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

Fix CVE-2020-24370 .

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
212643	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : lua (EulerOS-SA-2024-2954)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
212616	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : lua (EulerOS-SA-2024-2939)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
203884	Photon OS 3.0: Nmap PHSA-2023-3.0-0601	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
203800	Photon OS 3.0: Lua PHSA-2023-3.0-0620	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
203667	Photon OS 4.0: Nmap PHSA-2023-4.0-0517	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
203606	Photon OS 5.0: Nmap PHSA-2023-5.0-0036	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
184970	Rocky Linux 8 : lua (RLSA-2021:4510)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
177553	Debian DLA-3469-1 : lua5.3 - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
157626	AlmaLinux 8 : lua (ALSA-2021:4510)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
155623	Oracle Linux 8 : lua (ELSA-2021-4510)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
155203	RHEL 8 : lua (RHSA-2021:4510)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
155116	CentOS 8 : lua (CESA-2021:4510)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
151695	openSUSE 15 Security Update : lua53 (openSUSE-SU-2021:2196-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
151358	openSUSE 15 Security Update : lua53 (openSUSE-SU-2021:0962-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
151195	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : lua53 (SUSE-SU-2021:2196-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
147111	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.6.0 : lua (EulerOS-SA-2021-1545)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
145756	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : lua (EulerOS-SA-2021-1154)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
140807	Debian DLA-2381-1 : lua5.3 security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
140634	Amazon Linux 2 : lua53 (ALAS-2020-1492)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
140231	Fedora 31 : lua (2020-c83556709c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
139885	Fedora 32 : lua (2020-d7ed9f18ff)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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