vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3941-1 (CVE-2019-6706): Lua vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 23, 2019 | Apr 16, 2019 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 23, 2019
Added
Apr 16, 2019
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-lua5-3
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