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RHEL 8 : lua (RHSA-2021:4510)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 155203
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for lua.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4510 advisory.- lua: segmentation fault in getlocal and setlocal functions in ldebug.c (CVE-2020-24370)
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 RHEL lua package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:4510.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4510
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1870290
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 155203
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4510.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/11/2021
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.2
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-2020-24370
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:lua, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:lua-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:lua-libs
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-24370