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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2023-4540 Detail

Current 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.


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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions cwe source acceptance level NIST   CERT.PL  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-4540
NVD Published Date:
09/05/2023
NVD Last Modified:
03/14/2025
Source:
CERT.PL