1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3941-1

USN-3941-1: Lua vulnerability

Publication date

8 April 2019

Overview

Lua could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted script.

Releases

Packages

  • lua5.3 - Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language

Details

Fady Othman discovered that Lua incorrectly handled certain scripts.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Fady Othman discovered that Lua incorrectly handled certain scripts.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.10 cosmic lua5.3 –  5.3.3-1ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 bionic lua5.3 –  5.3.3-1ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 xenial lua5.3 –  5.3.1-1ubuntu2.1

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