CVE-2023-4540

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CERT-PLCNA
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CVEADP
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CISA-ADPADP
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 29%
VendorProductVersion
daurnimatorlua-http
0.4
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
lua-http
sid
vulnerable
trixie
vulnerable
bookworm
no-dsa
bullseye
no-dsa
buster
no-dsa
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
lua-http
oracular
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
bionic
needs-triage
xenial
ignored
trusty
ignored
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/
https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/
https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6
https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/
https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6
https://https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/