Remote Code Execution via Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Mongoose, yaSSL Embedded Web Server, and Simple HTTPD

CVE-2011-2900 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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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