RHSA-2023:1211 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: lua security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · March 14, 2023
Updated · August 4, 2026
Topic
An update for lua is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The lua packages provide support for Lua, a powerful light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: lua (5.4.4).
Security Fix(es):
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lua: use after free allows Sandbox Escape (CVE-2021-44964)
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lua: stack overflow in lua_resume of ldo.c allows a DoS via a crafted script file (CVE-2021-43519)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.