CVE-2023-4540

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  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2023-4540
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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/
https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6 Patch
https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6 Patch
https://https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:daurnimator:lua-http:0.4:*:*:*:*:lua:*:*
History

14 Mar 2025, 16:15

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CWE CWE-835

21 Nov 2024, 08:35

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References
  • () https://https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ -
References () https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6 - Patch () https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6 - Patch

10 Oct 2024, 16:15

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CWE CWE-835
Summary (en) 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. This issue affects lua-http: all versions before commit ddab283. (en) 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
  • {'url': 'https://https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/', 'tags': ['Broken Link'], 'source': 'cvd@cert.pl'}
  • () https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ -

13 Oct 2023, 01:30

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References (MISC) https://https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ - (MISC) https://https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ - Broken Link

04 Oct 2023, 09:15

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References
  • (MISC) https://https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ -

08 Sep 2023, 16:48

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First Time Daurnimator lua-http
Daurnimator
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5
CWE CWE-755
CPE cpe:2.3:a:daurnimator:lua-http:0.4:*:*:*:*:lua:*:*
References (MISC) https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6 - (MISC) https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6 - Patch
References (MISC) https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ - (MISC) https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ - Patch, Third Party Advisory

05 Sep 2023, 12:54

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Summary Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Daurnimator HTTP Library for Lua allows Excessive Allocation.This issue affects HTTP Library for Lua: before commit ddab283. 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. This issue affects lua-http: all versions before commit ddab283.
References
  • (MISC) https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/ -

05 Sep 2023, 08:15

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2023-09-05 08:15

Updated : 2025-04-04 19:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-4540

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4540

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-4540

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Products Affected

daurnimator

  • lua-http
CWE
CWE-755

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions