PT-2009-3437 · Mapserver · Mapserver

Joe Testa · Published 2009-03-31 · Updated 2021-06-07 · CVE-2009-0841

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 directory traversal issue exists, allowing remote attackers to create arbitrary files. This is achieved by using a .. (dot dot) in the id parameter.

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

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0841

DSA-1914-1

Affected Products

Mapserver

References · 17

• 🔥 http://positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0841 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0841 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-0841 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html · Patch
• http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2942 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0841 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/34306 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49548 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0841 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34603 · Note