Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-6706 - Use After Free vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| OS | 3 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Exploit-Db
| file | exploits/multiple/dos/46246.txt |
| id | EDB-ID:46246 |
| last seen | 2019-01-25 |
| modified | 2019-01-25 |
| platform | multiple |
| port | |
| published | 2019-01-25 |
| reporter | Exploit-DB |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/46246 |
| title | Lua 5.3.5 - 'debug.upvaluejoin' Use After Free |
| type | dos |
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2019-0247-1.NASL description This update for lua53 fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : CVE-2019-6706: Fixed a use-after-free bug in the lua_upvaluejoin function of lapi.c (bsc#1123043) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 121617 published 2019-02-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121617 title SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : lua53 (SUSE-SU-2019:0247-1) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2019-EE57BDA7AE.NASL description Security fix for CVE-2019-6706. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 121446 published 2019-01-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121446 title Fedora 29 : lua (2019-ee57bda7ae) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2019-175.NASL description This update for lua53 fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : - CVE-2019-6706: Fixed a use-after-free bug in the lua_upvaluejoin function of lapi.c (bsc#1123043) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 122222 published 2019-02-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122222 title openSUSE Security Update : lua53 (openSUSE-2019-175) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-1776.NASL description According to the version of the lua packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2019-6706) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-03 modified 2019-07-25 plugin id 127013 published 2019-07-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/127013 title EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : lua (EulerOS-SA-2019-1776) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2339.NASL description According to the version of the lua packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2019-6706) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131504 published 2019-12-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131504 title EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.3.0 : lua (EulerOS-SA-2019-2339) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3941-1.NASL description Fady Othman discovered that Lua incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 123933 published 2019-04-09 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123933 title Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 18.10 : lua5.3 vulnerability (USN-3941-1) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2019-3706.NASL description An update for lua is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The lua packages provide support for Lua, a powerful light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language. Security Fix(es) : * lua: use-after-free in lua_upvaluejoin in lapi.c resulting in denial of service (CVE-2019-6706) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes : For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 130573 published 2019-11-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130573 title RHEL 8 : lua (RHSA-2019:3706)
Packetstorm
| data source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/151335/lua535-useafterfree.txt |
| id | PACKETSTORM:151335 |
| last seen | 2019-01-29 |
| published | 2019-01-25 |
| reporter | Fady Mohamed Osman |
| source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151335/Lua-5.3.5-Use-After-Free.html |
| title | Lua 5.3.5 Use-After-Free |
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References
- http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2019-01/msg00039.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151335/Lua-5.3.5-Use-After-Free.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-6706
- https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/89aee84cbc9224f638f3b7951b306d2ee8ecb71e
- https://github.com/Lua-Project/cve-analysis/blob/a43c9ccd00274b31fa2f24c6c8f20ce36655682d/CVE-2019-6706.pdf
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00031.html
- http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2019-01/msg00039.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00031.html
- https://github.com/Lua-Project/cve-analysis/blob/a43c9ccd00274b31fa2f24c6c8f20ce36655682d/CVE-2019-6706.pdf
- https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/89aee84cbc9224f638f3b7951b306d2ee8ecb71e
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-6706
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151335/Lua-5.3.5-Use-After-Free.html