CVE-2003-0899

Buffer overflow in defang in libhttpd.c for thttpd 2.21 to 2.23b1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests that contain '<' or '>' characters, which trigger the overflow when the characters are expanded to "&lt;" and "&gt;" sequences.

• CWE-131

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106729188224252&w=2Exploit, Mailing List
• http://secunia.com/advisories/10092Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.osvdb.org/2729Broken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8906Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.texonet.com/advisories/TEXONET-20030908.txtBroken Link, URL Repurposed
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13530Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-396Broken Link
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106729188224252&w=2Exploit, Mailing List
• http://secunia.com/advisories/10092Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.osvdb.org/2729Broken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8906Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.texonet.com/advisories/TEXONET-20030908.txtBroken Link, URL Repurposed
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13530Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-396Broken Link

Published

Nov 3, 2003

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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