CVE-2011-2900 Information

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.

Reference

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://secunia.com/advisories/45902 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8337 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/9 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48980 https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/source/detail?r=556f4de91eae4bac40dc5d4ddbd9ec7c424711d0 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68991