CVE-2011-2900 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the put_dir function of Mongoose 3.0, yaSSL Embedded Web Server (yasslEWS) 0.2, and Simple HTTPD (shttpd) 1.42. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP PUT request. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability was exploited in the wild in 2011, with public exploit code available on ExploitDB, though it is not currently on the CISA KEV catalog and has minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shttpd:shttpd:1.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:valenok:mongoose:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yassl:yasslews:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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