Summary
This host is running Mongoose Webserver and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will let the remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
Insight
The flaw is due to the way Mongoose webserver handles request with a big nagitive 'Content-Length' causing application crash.
Affected
Mongoose webserver version 2.11 and prior.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVSS Base Score: 7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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