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Red Hat: CVE-2020-24370: CVE-2020-24370 lua: segmentation fault in getlocal and setlocal functions in ldebug.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-24370: CVE-2020-24370 lua: segmentation fault in getlocal and setlocal functions in ldebug.c (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/17/2020
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

ldebug.c in Lua 5.4.0 allows a negation overflow and segmentation fault in getlocal and setlocal, as demonstrated by getlocal(3,2^31).

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-lua
  • redhat-upgrade-lua-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-lua-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-lua-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-lua-libs
  • redhat-upgrade-lua-libs-debuginfo

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