CVE-2020-36661
Kong lua-multipart multipart.lua is_header redos
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 3.5 Low
- Published
- Feb 12, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 24, 2025
- Reserved
- Feb 11, 2023
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 3.5 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 3.5 Low | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 2.7 Low | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P | VulDB |
Weaknesses
- CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
lua-multipartKong |
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References
- https://vuldb.com/?id.220642vdb-entrytechnical-description
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220642signaturepermissions-required
- https://github.com/Kong/lua-multipart/pull/34issue-tracking
- https://github.com/Kong/lua-multipart/commit/d632e5df43a2928fd537784a99a79dec288bf01bpatch
- https://github.com/Kong/lua-multipart/releases/tag/0.5.9-1patch
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