Kong lua-multipart multipart.lua is_header redos
CVE-2020-36661

3.5LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

Kong

Status
Lua-multipart
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 February 2023

What is CVE-2020-36661?

A vulnerability was found in Kong lua-multipart 0.5.8-1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function is_header of the file src/multipart.lua. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 0.5.9-1 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as d632e5df43a2928fd537784a99a79dec288bf01b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-220642 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

lua-multipart 0.5.8-1

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.220642
vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220642
signaturepermissions-required
https://github.com/Kong/lua-multipart/pull/34
issue-tracking

CVSS V3.1

Score:
3.5
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

CVSS V3.0

Score:
3.5
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

VulDB GitHub Commit Analyzer
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