SUSE-SU-2021:2196-1

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    SUSE-SU-2021:2196-1

    Published: 29 Jun 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for lua53

    Details: This update for lua53 fixes the following issues: Update to version 5.3.6: - CVE-2020-24371: lgc.c mishandles the interaction between barriers and the sweep phase, leading to a memory access violation involving collectgarbage (bsc#1175449) - CVE-2020-24370: ldebug.c allows a negation overflow and segmentation fault in getlocal and setlocal (bsc#1175448) - Long brackets with a huge number of '=' overflow some internal buffer arithmetic.

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20212196-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175448, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175449, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24370, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24371

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: lua53

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/lua53&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.3.6-3.6.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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