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
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · first 12 August 2011
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- shttpd/shttpd · valenok/mongoose · yassl/yasslews
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 13.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.