USN-8169-1

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    USN-8169-1

    Published: 13 Apr 2026Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: redis, lua5.1, lua-cjson, lua-bitop vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Redis incorrectly handled certain specially crafted Lua scripts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in lua5.1 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-49844) It was discovered that Redis incorrectly handled certain specially crafted Lua scripts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in lua-bitop on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and in redis on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-31449) Seiya Nakata and Yudai Fujiwara discovered that Redis incorrectly handled certain specially crafted Lua scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause heap corruption and execute arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in lua-cjson on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-24834)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8169-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24834, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-31449, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-49844

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: redis

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/redis?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm5

    Affected versions

    2:3.0.3-3
    2:3.0.5-1
    2:3.0.5-2
    2:3.0.5-3
    2:3.0.5-4
    2:3.0.6-1
    2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.2
    2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
    2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4
    2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm1
    2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm2
    2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm3
    2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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