A luajit security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 8 Extended LTS to address an out-of-bounds read issue.
ELA-250-1 luajit security update
Package luajit
ELA-250-1 luajit security update
Version 2.0.3+dfsg-3+deb8u1
Related CVE CVE-2020-15890
An issue has been found in luajit, a just in time compiler for Lua.
An out-of-bounds read could happen because __gc handler frame traversal is mishandled.
For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.3+dfsg-3+deb8u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your luajit packages.
Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found at: https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/
