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Medium RLSA-2019:3706 1 CVE

Moderate: lua security and bug fix update

Published Nov 5, 2019 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

Summary

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 Rocky Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 lua 0:5.3.4-11.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1670019