CVE-2017-2909

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2909
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2909.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-2909
Downstream
Published
2017-11-07T16:29:00Z
Modified
2026-10-24T10:30:38Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An infinite loop programming error exists in the DNS server functionality of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8 library. A specially crafted DNS request can cause an infinite loop resulting in high CPU usage and Denial Of Service. An attacker can send a packet over the network to trigger this vulnerability.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/cesanta/mongoose

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose
Events
Introduced
acfc66cd60f5bfa7dc4d37194d72855c201e5710
Last Affected
acfc66cd60f5bfa7dc4d37194d72855c201e5710
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:cesanta:mongoose:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "6.8"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "6.8"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

6.*
6.8

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2909.json"