CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-34188

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.82%

52th percentile - higher than 52% of all known CVEs

Summary

The HTTP server in Mongoose before 7.10 accepts requests containing negative Content-Length headers. An attacker can send a single attack payload over TCP, causing an infinite loop in which the server continuously reparses that payload and does not respond to any other requests.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability can lead to denial of service, as the server will be unable to handle other requests, impacting service availability for users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Mongoose to version 7.10 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS