CVE-2020-15888
Published: 21 July 2020
Lua through 5.4.0 mishandles the interaction between stack resizes and garbage collection, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, heap-based buffer over-read, or use-after-free.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | couldn't reproduce on lua earlier than 5.4. No indication that earlier versions are vulnerable. Marking not-affected. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
lua5.1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| precise |
Ignored
(end of ESM support, was needs-triage)
|
|
| trusty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
|
lua5.2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
|
lua5.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
|
lua5.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(5.4.1-1)
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
(5.4.1-1)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(5.4.1-1)
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/6298903e35217ab69c279056f925fb72900ce0b7 upstream: https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/eb41999461b6f428186c55abd95f4ce1a76217d5 |
||
|
lua50 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15888
- http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00053.html
- http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00054.html
- http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00071.html
- http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00079.html
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian