CVE-2003-0899 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in defang in libhttpd.c for thttpd 2.21 to 2.23b1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests that contain '<' or '>' characters, which trigger the overflow when the characters are expanded to "<" and ">" sequences.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Acme	Thttpd

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:acme:thttpd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:acme:thttpd:2.23:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:acme:thttpd:2.23:b1::::::

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References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106729188224252&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/10092
http://www.osvdb.org/2729
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8906
http://www.texonet.com/advisories/TEXONET-20030908.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13530
https://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-396

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-10-30T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.644Z

Reserved: 2003-10-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-0899

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-11-03T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:45:45.403

Link: CVE-2003-0899

Redhat

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