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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.104894
Category:Web Servers
Title:Cesanta Mongoose Web Server 7.10 Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Summary:Cesanta Mongoose Web Server is prone to a heap-based buffer; overflow vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Cesanta Mongoose Web Server is prone to a heap-based buffer
overflow vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
Due to a failure in validating the length of a provided
MQTT_CMD_PUBLISH parsed message with a variable length header, Cesanta Mongoose is susceptible to
a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the default configuration.

Affected Software/OS:
Mongoose Web Server version 7.10 only.

Solution:
Update to version 7.11 or later.

CVSS Score:
8.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-2905
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/pull/2274
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/releases/tag/7.11
https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-2905.html
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