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2 vulnerabilities by daurnimator
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)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/dd… | patch |
| https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ | third-party-advisory |
| https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ | third-party-advisory |
| https://https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ | third-party-advisoryx_transferred |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daurnimator | lua-http |
Affected:
0 , < commit ddab283
(git)
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Date Public
2023-09-20 10:00
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CVE-2023-4540 (GCVE-0-2023-4540)
Vulnerability from nvd – 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)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
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4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/dd… | patch |
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| https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ | third-party-advisory |
| https://https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ | third-party-advisoryx_transferred |
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