VDB-284957 · CVE-2024-42385 · GCVE-0-2024-42385

Cesanta Mongoose Web Server up to 7.14 PEM Certificate delimiter

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server up to 7.14. This affects an unknown part of the component PEM Certificate Handler. The manipulation leads to delimiter. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-42385. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server up to 7.14. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component PEM Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a delimiter vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-140. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes delimiters. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Neutralization of Delimiters vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server v7.14 allows to trigger an out-of-bound memory write if the PEM certificate contains unexpected characters.

The weakness was disclosed by Gabriele Quagliarella. The advisory is shared at nozominetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-42385 since 07/31/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Web Server

Vendor

Cesanta

Name

Mongoose Web Server

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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CNA Base Score: 4.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Delimiter
CWE: CWE-140 / CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/31/2024 🔍
11/18/2024 +110 days 🔍
11/18/2024 +0 days 🔍
02/26/2025 +100 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: nozominetworks.com
Researcher: Gabriele Quagliarella
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-42385 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-42385
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-284957

Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2024 10:56
Updated: 02/26/2025 04:46
Changes: 11/18/2024 10:56 (63), 02/26/2025 04:46 (3)
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