CVE-2023-4540

lua-http: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Daurnimator lua-http library allows Excessive Allocation...

CVE-2023-4540 is fixed in lua-http on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4540, released September 5, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0109
65th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
lua-http · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 0.4-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4540 Sep 5, 2023
lua-http · Debian 14 0.4-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4540 Sep 5, 2023

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