CVE-2023-4540

Published Sep 5, 2023

Last updated a month ago

Overview

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.
Source: cvd@cert.pl
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-755
cvd@cert.pl: CWE-835

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:daurnimator:lua-http:0.4:*:*:*:*:lua:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "D337EBD6-A704-44C0-8533-1EA9B5366780"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References