{"id":"RLSA-2019:3706","summary":"Moderate: lua security and bug fix update","details":"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.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* lua: use-after-free in lua_upvaluejoin in lapi.c resulting in denial of service (CVE-2019-6706)\n\nFor 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.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-03-11T05:56:27.378472Z","published":"2019-11-05T20:53:20Z","upstream":["CVE-2019-6706"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2019:3706"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1670019"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"lua","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/lua?distro=rocky-linux-8-4-legacy&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:5.3.4-11.el8"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2019:3706.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}