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CVE-2023-4540

HIGH

7.5

Description

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Daurnimator lua-http library allows Excessive Allocation and a denial of service (DoS) attack to be executed by sending a properly crafted request to the server. Such a request causes the program to enter an infinite loop. This issue affects lua-http: all versions before commit ddab283.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published9/5/2023

Last Modified4/4/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

daurnimator:lua-http

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-755CWE-755

References

https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/(cvd@cert.pl)

https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/(cvd@cert.pl)

https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6(cvd@cert.pl)

https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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