CVE-2003-0899 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2003-10-30

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 20.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:acme:thttpd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:acme:thttpd:2.23:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:acme:thttpd:2.23:b1::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20457.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106729188224252&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/10092
http://www.osvdb.org/2729
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8906
http://www.texonet.com/advisories/TEXONET-20030908.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13530
https://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-396

History

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Subscriptions

Acme Thttpd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-10-30T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.644Z

Reserved: 2003-10-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0899

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-11-03T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0899

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-131

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