Improper Neutralization Affecting cesanta/mongoose package, versions [,7.15)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-CESANTAMONGOOSE-8383397
  • published 18 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 18 Nov 2024
  • credit Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks

How to fix?

Upgrade cesanta/mongoose to version 7.15 or higher.

Overview

cesanta/mongoose is a networking library for C/C++. It implements event-driven non-blocking APIs for TCP, UDP, HTTP, WebSocket, MQTT.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of input strings. An attacker can trigger an infinite loop by providing unexpected characters in the input.

References

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
4.1 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    Present
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Passive
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None