Out-of-bounds read in LuaJIT - CVE-2024-25178

Vulnerability identifier: #VU117943

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25178

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in lj_state.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.

LuaJIT
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
Ubuntu
Basesystem Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Fedora
envoy
luajit (Ubuntu package)
lua51-luajit-devel
lua51-luajit
lua51-luajit-debuginfo
lua51-luajit-debugsource
luajit-debugsource
libluajit-5_1-2-64bit-debuginfo
libluajit-5_1-2-64bit
libluajit-5_1-2-32bit
libluajit-5_1-2-32bit-debuginfo
luajit
luajit-devel
libluajit-5_1-2
libluajit-5_1-2-debuginfo
luajit-debuginfo

Install updates from vendor's website.

envoy - addressed in versions 1.33.10, 1.34.8, 1.35.4
luajit (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.0.4+dfsg-1+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-5.1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1, 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-5.1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1, 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1, 2.1.0+git20231223.c525bcb+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
lua51-luajit-devel - update to 2.1.0~beta2-150000.3.3.1
lua51-luajit - update to 2.1.0~beta2-150000.3.3.1
lua51-luajit-debuginfo - update to 2.1.0~beta2-150000.3.3.1
lua51-luajit-debugsource - update to 2.1.0~beta2-150000.3.3.1
luajit-debugsource - update to 2.1.0~beta3+git.1624618403.e9577376-150400.4.5.1
libluajit-5_1-2-64bit-debuginfo - update to 2.1.0~beta3+git.1624618403.e9577376-150400.4.5.1
libluajit-5_1-2-64bit - update to 2.1.0~beta3+git.1624618403.e9577376-150400.4.5.1
libluajit-5_1-2-32bit - update to 2.1.0~beta3+git.1624618403.e9577376-150400.4.5.1
libluajit-5_1-2-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.1.0~beta3+git.1624618403.e9577376-150400.4.5.1
luajit - update to 2.1.0~beta3+git.1624618403.e9577376-150400.4.5.1
luajit-devel - update to 2.1.0~beta3+git.1624618403.e9577376-150400.4.5.1
libluajit-5_1-2 - update to 2.1.0~beta3+git.1624618403.e9577376-150400.4.5.1
libluajit-5_1-2-debuginfo - update to 2.1.0~beta3+git.1624618403.e9577376-150400.4.5.1
luajit-debuginfo - update to 2.1.0~beta3+git.1624618403.e9577376-150400.4.5.1
luajit - addressed in versions 2.1.1748459687-2.fc41, 2.1.1748459687-2.fc42

• https://gist.github.com/pwnhacker0x18/423b4292f301ab274b42d5ed6e0b87d8
• https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/commit/defe61a56751a0db5f00ff3ab7b8f45436ba74c8
• https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/issues/1152
• https://github.com/openresty/luajit2/commit/defe61a56751a0db5f00ff3ab7b8f45436ba74c8

• Multiple vulnerabilities in LuaJIT
• Envoy update for third-party components
• Fedora 42 update for luajit
• Fedora 41 update for luajit
• SUSE update for lua51-luajit
• SUSE update for luajit
• Ubuntu update for luajit