CVE-2019-6706

Lua 5.3.5 has a use-after-free in lua_upvaluejoin in lapi.c. For example, a crash outcome might be achieved by an attacker who is able to trigger a debug.upvaluejoin call in which the arguments have certain relationships.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2019-01/msg00039.html	Broken Link
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151335/Lua-5.3.5-Use-After-Free.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-6706	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Lua-Project/cve-analysis/blob/a43c9ccd00274b31fa2f24c6c8f20ce36655682d/CVE-2019-6706.pdf	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/89aee84cbc9224f638f3b7951b306d2ee8ecb71e	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00031.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:::::::*

History

23 Jun 2023, 01:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		(MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00031.html -

Information

Published : 2019-01-23 19:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:48

NVD link : CVE-2019-6706

Mitre link : CVE-2019-6706

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-6706

JSON object : View

Products Affected

lua

lua

canonical

ubuntu_linux

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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