[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: lua-5.3.5-3.fc29
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2019-ee57bda7ae
2019-01-30 02:06:12.445800
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Name : lua
Product : Fedora 29
Version : 5.3.5
Release : 3.fc29
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.
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Update Information:
Security fix for CVE-2019-6706.
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ChangeLog:
* Mon Jan 28 2019 Tom Callaway <spot(a)fedoraproject.org> - 5.3.5-3
- apply fix for CVE-2019-6706 (bz1670020)
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1670019 - CVE-2019-6706 lua: use-after-free in lua_upvaluejoin in lapi.c
resulting in denial of service
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1670019
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-ee57bda7ae' 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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