USN-3941-1: Lua vulnerability
USN-3941-1: Lua vulnerability lua5.3 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Lua could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted script. Software Description lua5.3 – Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language Details Fady Othman discovered that Lua incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10 lua5.3 – 5.3.3-1ubuntu0.18.10.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS lua5.3 – 5.3.3-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS lua5.3 – 5.3.1-1ubuntu2.1 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-2019-6706 Source: USN-3941-1: Lua vulnerability