UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4540

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4540
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4540.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4540
Related
Published
2023-09-05T08:15:00Z
Modified
2025-04-23T15:08:05Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / lua-http

Package

Name
lua-http
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lua-http@0.1-3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.1-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / lua-http

Package

Name
lua-http
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lua-http@0.3-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.1-3
0.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / lua-http

Package

Name
lua-http
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lua-http@0.4-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.10 / lua-http

Package

Name
lua-http
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lua-http@0.4-1?arch=source&distro=oracular

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / lua-http

Package

Name
lua-http
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lua-http@0.4-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / lua-http

Package

Name
lua-http
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lua-http@0.4-1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}