Mongoose <= 6.16 DoS Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Web Servers
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
None Solution Available
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Mongoose is prone to a denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
An integer overflow in parse_mqtt in mongoose.c in Cesanta Mongoose allows an attacker to achieve remote DoS (infinite loop), or possibly cause an out-of-bounds write, by sending a crafted MQTT protocol packet.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Mongoose version 6.16 and probably prior.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
No known solution is available as of 03rd December, 2019. Information regarding this issue will be updated once solution details are available.
