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.
Weakness
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lua-http | Daurnimator | 0.4 (including) | 0.4 (including) |
| Lua-http | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Lua-http | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Lua-http | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Lua-http | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Lua-http | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Lua-http | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
| Lua-http | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Lua-http | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
References
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/
- https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/
- https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6
- https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/
- https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/ddab2835c583d45dec62680ca8d3cbde55e0bae6
- https://https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/