CVE-2024-32973: Access Control Flaw (CVSS 4.8)

Description

Pluto is a superset of Lua 5.4 with a focus on general-purpose programming. In affected versions an attacker with the ability to actively intercept network traffic would be able to use a specifically-crafted certificate to fool Pluto into trusting it to be the intended remote for the TLS session. This results in the HTTP library and socket.starttls providing less transport integrity than expected. This issue has been patched in pull request #851 which has been included in version 0.9.3. Users are advised to upgrade. there are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

4.8

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-284 CWE-284

References

Other References

https://github.com/PlutoLang/Pluto/pull/851 https://github.com/PlutoLang/Pluto/security/advisories/GHSA-84hj-7j2v-w665 https://github.com/PlutoLang/Pluto/pull/851 https://github.com/PlutoLang/Pluto/security/advisories/GHSA-84hj-7j2v-w665

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-32973? +

Pluto is a superset of Lua 5.4 with a focus on general-purpose programming. In affected versions an attacker with the ability to actively intercept network traffic would be able to use a specifically-crafted certificate to fool Pluto into trusting it to be the intended remote for the TLS session. This results in the HTTP library and socket.starttls providing less transport integrity than expected. This issue has been patched in pull request #851 which has been included in version 0.9.3. Users are advised to upgrade. there are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-32973? +

CVE-2024-32973 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.8 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2024-32973? +

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