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CVE-2003-0899

CRITICAL

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published11/3/2003

Last Modified4/16/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

acme:thttpd

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-131

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106729188224252&w=2(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/10092(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.osvdb.org/2729(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8906(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.texonet.com/advisories/TEXONET-20030908.txt(cve@mitre.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13530(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-396(cve@mitre.org)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106729188224252&w=2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/10092(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.osvdb.org/2729(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8906(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.texonet.com/advisories/TEXONET-20030908.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13530(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-396(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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