PT-1999-1719 · Thttpd · Thttpd

Published 1999-11-16 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-1999-1457

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: thttpd versions prior to 2.04-31

Description: The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the thttpd HTTP server, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This is achieved by sending a long date string that is not properly handled by the tdate parse function.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.04-31, update to version 2.04-31 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1457

Affected Products

Thttpd

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1457 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-1457 · Note
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_30.html · Note