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Out of Bounds Access Leading to Undefined Behavior

Low
mskowroncf published GHSA-h8rp-9622-83pg Jun 14, 2023

Package

lua-resty-json (C)

Affected versions

Up to commit 3ef9492bd3a44d9e51301d6adc3cd1789c8f534a

Patched versions

3ef9492bd3a44d9e51301d6adc3cd1789c8f534a

Description

Impact

A debug function in the lua-resty-json package, up to commit id 3ef9492 (merged in PR #14) contained an out of bounds access bug that could have allowed an attacker to launch a DoS if the function was used to parse untrusted input data. It is important to note that because this debug function was only used in tests and demos, it was not exploitable in a normal environment.

Patches

This vulnerability has been patched on #14

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3040

Severity

Low
3.7
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE ID

CVE-2023-3040

Weaknesses

Credits