Cesanta Mongoose HTTP Server CGI Remote Code Execcution Vulnerability(CVE-2017-2891)

Summary An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the HTTP server implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. An ordinary HTTP POST request with a CGI target can cause a reuse of previously freed pointer potentially resulting in remote code execution. An attacker needs to send this HTTP...

CVE-2017-2891

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the HTTP server implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. An ordinary HTTP POST request with a CGI target can cause a reuse of previously freed pointer potentially resulting in remote code execution. An attacker needs to send this HTTP request...

CVE-2017-2891

Cesanta Mongoose 6.8 is affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in its HTTP server CGI handling. In this CVE, an ordinary HTTP POST targeting a CGI script can cause a previously freed mg_connection structure to be dereferenced later in mg_cgi_ev_handler, potentially enabling remote code execut...