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CVE-2023-4540
lua-http: CVE-2023-4540
- Severity
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- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.09% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | lua-http | sid | 0.4-3 | fixed |
| Debian | lua-http | forky | 0.4-3 | fixed |
| Debian | lua-http | trixie | 0.4-2 | fixed |
| Debian | lua-http | bookworm | 0.4-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | lua-http | source | sid | 0.4-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1051511] |
| Debian | lua-http | source | forky | 0.4-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1051511] |
| Debian | lua-http | source | trixie | 0.4-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1051511] |
| Debian | lua-http | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1051511] |
Notes
[bookworm] lua-http: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.