CVE - CVE-2023-4540

CVE-ID
CVE-2023-4540	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ URL:https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ MISC:https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ URL:https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ MISC:https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6 URL:https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6
Assigning CNA
CERT.PL
Date Record Created
20230825	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20230825)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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