CVE-2011-2900
N/A
Published: August 5, 2011 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsMongooseShttpdYasslews
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 13%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory 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/45464
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/5
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065273.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065505.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065537.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/45464Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8337Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/5Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/9Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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