CVE-2011-2900
Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) put_dir function in mongoose.c in Mongoose 3.0, (2) put_dir function in yasslEWS.c in yaSSL Embedded Web Server (yasslEWS) 0.2, and (3) _shttpd_put_dir function in io_dir.c in Simple HTTPD (shttpd) 1.42 allows…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) put_dir function in mongoose.c in Mongoose 3.0, (2) put_dir function in yasslEWS.c in yaSSL Embedded Web Server (yasslEWS) 0.2, and (3) _shttpd_put_dir function in io_dir.c in Simple HTTPD (shttpd) 1.42 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP PUT request, as exploited in the wild in 2011.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 13.26% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- shttpd/shttpd · valenok/mongoose · yassl/yasslews
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065273.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065505.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065537.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45464Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45902
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8337
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/5Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/9Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48980
- https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/source/detail?r=556f4de91eae4bac40dc5d4ddbd9ec7c424711d0Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68991
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065273.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065505.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065537.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45464Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45902
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8337
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/5Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/9Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48980
- https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/source/detail?r=556f4de91eae4bac40dc5d4ddbd9ec7c424711d0Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68991
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.