-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2022-e6b2bd5b50 2022-02-08 01:11:28.173643 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : lua Product : Fedora 35 Version : 5.4.4 Release : 1.fc35 URL : http://www.lua.org/ Summary : Powerful light-weight programming language Description : Lua is a powerful light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language. Lua is free software. Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, interpreted from bytecodes, and has automatic memory management with garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information:
Update to lua 5.4.4, 5.3.6. Note that while this fixes CVE-2021-43519, it was also fixed in 5.4.3-4. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog:
* Tue Feb 1 2022 Tom Callaway spot@fedoraproject.org - 5.4.4-1 - update to 5.4.4, update bootstrap code to 5.3.6 - 5.4.4 contains the fix for 5.4.3 bug7, which is also CVE-2021-43519 This fix was also in 5.4.3-4, so you do not need to update solely for that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References:
[ 1 ] Bug #2047672 - CVE-2021-43519 lua: stack overflow in lua_resume of ldo.c allows a DoS via a crafted script file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2047672 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-e6b2bd5b50' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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