Description (CNA)
The HTTP server in Mongoose before 7.10 accepts requests containing negative Content-Length headers. By sending a single attack payload over TCP, an attacker can cause an infinite loop in which the server continuously reparses that payload, and does not respond to any other requests.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/commit/4663090a8fb036146dfe77718cff612b0101cb0f
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/pull/2197
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/compare/7.9...7.10
- https://blog.narfindustries.com/blog/narf-discovers-critical-vulnerabilities-in-cesanta-mongoose-http-server
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/commit/4663090a8fb036146dfe77718cff612b0101cb0f
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/pull/2197
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/compare/7.9...7.10
- https://blog.narfindustries.com/blog/narf-discovers-critical-vulnerabilities-in-cesanta-mongoose-http-server
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250228-0001/
No English description supplied.
No references supplied.