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Alpine: multiple lua-http packages: security update to 0.4-r2

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 405475

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2023-4540)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-4540

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 405475

Version: Revision 1.35

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4540

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4540