Vulnerability in Plutolang Pluto
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.
EPSS: 0.001 (2.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Plutolang Pluto — versions >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-32973?
- CVE-2024-32973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plutolang Pluto, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-05-01.
- How severe is CVE-2024-32973?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.