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Buffer overflow in defang in libhttpd.c for thttpd 2.21...

High severity Unreviewed Published Apr 29, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 11, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 3, 2003
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 29, 2022
Last updated Feb 11, 2024

Severity

High

EPSS score

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Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2003-0899

GHSA ID

GHSA-28q9-rp4x-j7g7

Source code

No known source code

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