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Red Hat has released a lua security and bug fix update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8





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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Moderate: lua security and bug fix update Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3706-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3706 Issue date: 2019-11-05
CVE Names: CVE-2019-6706
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1. Summary:

An update for lua is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:

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.
4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1670019 - CVE-2019-6706 lua: use-after-free in lua_upvaluejoin in lapi.c resulting in denial of service

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):

aarch64:
lua-5.3.4-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
lua-5.3.4-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
lua-5.3.4-11.el8.s390x.rpm
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.s390x.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.s390x.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
lua-5.3.4-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):

Source:
lua-5.3.4-11.el8.src.rpm

aarch64:
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
lua-libs-5.3.4-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
lua-libs-5.3.4-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.s390x.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.s390x.rpm
lua-libs-5.3.4-11.el8.s390x.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.i686.rpm
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.i686.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
lua-libs-5.3.4-11.el8.i686.rpm
lua-libs-5.3.4-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.i686.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):

aarch64:
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
lua-devel-5.3.4-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
lua-devel-5.3.4-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.s390x.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.s390x.rpm
lua-devel-5.3.4-11.el8.s390x.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
lua-5.3.4-11.el8.i686.rpm
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.i686.rpm
lua-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.i686.rpm
lua-debugsource-5.3.4-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
lua-devel-5.3.4-11.el8.i686.rpm
lua-devel-5.3.4-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.i686.rpm
lua-libs-debuginfo-5.3.4-11.el8.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6706
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.1_release_notes/

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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