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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : LuaJIT vulnerability (USN-4501-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140604

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4501-1 advisory.

 - LuaJit through 2.1.0-beta3 has an out-of-bounds read because __gc handler frame traversal is mishandled.
 (CVE-2020-15890)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4501-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140604

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4501-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2020

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15890

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libluajit-5.1-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libluajit-5.1-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libluajit-5.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:luajit

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15890

USN: 4501-1