• LuaJIT vulnerability

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 20:10:01
    luajit vulnerability

    A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
    derivatives:

    * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

    Summary

    LuaJIT could be made crash or expose sensitive information if it
    received specially crafted input.

    Software Description

    * luajit - Just in time compiler for Lua programming language
    version 5.1

    Details

    It was discovered that an out-of-bounds read existed in LuaJIT. An
    attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application
    crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-15890)

    Update instructions

    The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
    following package versions:

    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    libluajit-5.1-2 - 2.0.4+dfsg-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
    libluajit-5.1-common - 2.0.4+dfsg-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
    libluajit-5.1-dev - 2.0.4+dfsg-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
    luajit - 2.0.4+dfsg-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1

    To update your system, please follow these instructions:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

    In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
    changes.

    References

    * CVE-2020-15890

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