CVE-2003-0899

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0899
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-11-03 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-131 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Texonet.com is for sale - PerfectDomain.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.texonet.com Broken Link, URL Repurposed
www.osvdb.org/2729 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
thttpd defang Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Secunia - Advisories - thttpd "defang()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-396-1 thttpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Broken Link
'Remote overflow in thttpd' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Exploit, Mailing List
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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