vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-4540: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 5, 2023 | Aug 22, 2024 | Dec 5, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 5, 2023
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Dec 5, 2025
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.
Such a request causes the program to enter an infinite loop.
This issue affects lua-http: all versions before commit ddab283.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-lua-http
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