{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4540","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.  Such a request causes the program to enter an infinite loop.   This issue affects lua-http: all versions before commit ddab283.","modified":"2026-09-15T09:02:22.362631045Z","published":"2023-09-05T08:15:40.017Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-4540"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4540"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"lua-http","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/lua-http?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.4-1","0.4-2","0.4-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4540.json"}},{"package":{"name":"lua-http","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/lua-http?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.4-2"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4540.json"}},{"package":{"name":"lua-http","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/lua-http?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.4-2"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4540.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}