Check Point Advisories

Cesanta Mongoose Denial of Service (CVE-2017-2893)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2017-1553
Date Published: 10 Jul 2023
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 10 July, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2017-2893
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? Cesanta Mongoose 6.8
Vulnerability Description A denial of service vulnerability exists in Cesanta Mongoose. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cesanta Mongoose Denial of Service (CVE-2017-2893) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Cesanta Mongoose Denial of Service (CVE-2017-2893)

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