Mongoose Web Server is prone to denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.
This VT has been deprecated as a duplicate of the VT
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900268");
script_version("2023-07-21T05:05:22+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-21 05:05:22 +0000 (Fri, 21 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-12-31 07:04:16 +0100 (Fri, 31 Dec 2010)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
script_name("Mongoose Web Server Content-Length DoS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mongoose Web Server is prone to denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.
This VT has been deprecated as a duplicate of the VT 'Mongoose Web Server 'Content-Length' HTTP
Header Remote DoS Vulnerability' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103004).");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Sends a crafted HTTP GET request and checks if the host is
still alive.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to the way Mongoose Web Server handles request
with a big nagitive 'Content-Length' causing application crash.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the remote unauthenticated
attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mongoose Web Server version 2.11 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
since the 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.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/Mongoose.2.11.Denial.Of.Service/74");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45602");
script_tag(name:"deprecated", value:TRUE);
exit(0);
}
exit(66);