CVE-2023-4540 (GCVE-0-2023-4540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-05 07:46 – Updated: 2025-04-04 18:33
VLAI?
Title
DoS in lua-http library
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
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Vendor Product Version
Daurnimator lua-http Affected: 0 , < commit ddab283 (git)
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Date Public ?
2023-09-20 10:00
Credits
Artur Łącki
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