Debian dla-3469 : liblua5.3-0 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 177553

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

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

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3469-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Guilhem Moulin June 23, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : lua5.3 Version : 5.3.3-1.1+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2019-6706 CVE-2020-24370 Debian Bug : 920321 988734

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 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:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/lua5.3

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the liblua5.3-0 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177553

File Name: debian_DLA-3469.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/23/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-24370

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6706

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:liblua5.3-0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:liblua5.3-0-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:liblua5.3-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lua5.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6706, CVE-2020-24370

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