CVE-2003-0899

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0899
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-11-03 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2024-02-02 14:01:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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 "&lt;" and "&gt;" sequences.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-131

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Acme Thttpd All All All All
Application Acme Thttpd 2.23 - All All
Application Acme Thttpd 2.23 b1 All All
Application Acme Labs Thttpd 2.21 All All All
Application Acme Labs Thttpd 2.21b All All All
Application Acme Labs Thttpd 2.22 All All All
Application Acme Labs Thttpd 2.23b1 All All All
Application Acme Labs Thttpd 2.21 All All All
Application Acme Labs Thttpd 2.21b All All All
Application Acme Labs Thttpd 2.22 All All All
Application Acme Labs Thttpd 2.23b1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
thttpd defang Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
Secunia - Advisories - thttpd "defang()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'Remote overflow in thttpd' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
2729 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-396-1 thttpd DEBIAN www.debian.org
Texonet.com is for sale - PerfectDomain.com MISC www.texonet.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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