DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17663

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17663
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17663.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17663
Upstream
Published
2018-02-06T17:29:00.207Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:13:02.014061Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The htpasswd implementation of mini_httpd before v1.28 and of thttpd before v2.28 is affected by a buffer overflow that can be exploited remotely to perform code execution.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / mini-httpd

Package

Name
mini-httpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mini-httpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.30-2
1.30-3
1.30-4
1.30-5
1.30-6
1.30-7
1.30-8
1.30-9
1.30-10
1.30-11
1.30-12
1.30-13
1.30-14
1.30-15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / mini-httpd

Package

Name
mini-httpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mini-httpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.30-3
1.30-4
1.30-5
1.30-6
1.30-7
1.30-8
1.30-9
1.30-10
1.30-11
1.30-12
1.30-13
1.30-14
1.30-15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / mini-httpd

Package

Name
mini-httpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mini-httpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.30-13
1.30-14
1.30-15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / mini-httpd

Package

Name
mini-httpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mini-httpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.30-13
1.30-14
1.30-15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}