PT-2009-3436 · Mapserver · Mapserver

Joe Testa · Published 2009-03-31 · Updated 2021-06-07 · CVE-2009-0840

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MapServer versions 4.x through 4.10.3 MapServer versions 5.x through 5.2.1

Description A heap-based buffer underflow issue exists in the readPostBody function in cgiutil.c in mapserv. This issue allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a negative value in the Content-Length HTTP header.

Recommendations For MapServer versions 4.x through 4.10.3, update to version 4.10.4 or later. For MapServer versions 5.x through 5.2.1, update to version 5.2.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0840

DSA-1914-1

Affected Products

Mapserver

References · 17

• 🔥 http://positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0840 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0840 · Security Note
• http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0840 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-0840 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2943 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/34306 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0840 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49545 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34603 · Note