USN-8262-1

It was discovered that the Lua parser incorrectly handled garbage collection when processing specially crafted Lua scripts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / lua5.1

Package

Name: lua5.1
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/lua5.1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.1.5-8ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

5.*

5.1.5-8

5.1.5-8ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.1.5-8ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblua5.1-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.1.5-8ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "lua5.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8262-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}