Low: lua53

Issue Overview:

ldebug.c in Lua 5.4.0 allows a negation overflow and segmentation fault in getlocal and setlocal, as demonstrated by getlocal(3,2^31). (CVE-2020-24370)

Affected Packages:

lua53

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update lua53 to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    lua53-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    lua53-devel-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    lua53-libs-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    lua53-static-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    lua53-debuginfo-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    lua53-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    lua53-devel-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    lua53-libs-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    lua53-static-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    lua53-debuginfo-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.i686  
  
src:  
    lua53-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    lua53-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    lua53-devel-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    lua53-libs-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    lua53-static-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    lua53-debuginfo-5.3.5-7.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2020-24370

Mitre: CVE-2020-24370