National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2900

Overview

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.

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/source/detail?r=556f4de91eae4bac40dc5d4ddbd9ec7c424711d0

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/source/detail?r=556f4de91eae4bac40dc5d4ddbd9ec7c424711d0

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110803 Re: CVE id request: shttpd/mongoose/yassl embedded webserver

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/9

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110803 CVE id request: shttpd/mongoose/yassl embedded webserver

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/5

External Source: XF

Name: mongoose-put-bo(68991)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/68991

External Source: BID

Name: 48980

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48980

External Source: SREASON

Name: 8337

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8337

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 45902

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45902

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 45464

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45464

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-11825

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065537.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-11823

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065505.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-11636

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065273.html