PT-2009-3439 · Mapserver · Mapserver

Joe Testa · Published 2009-03-31 · Updated 2021-06-07 · CVE-2009-0843

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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 The issue allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a full pathname in the queryfile parameter. This is achieved by triggering different error messages depending on whether the specified pathname exists.

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.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0843

DSA-1914-1

Affected Products

Mapserver

References · 16

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0843 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0843 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-0843 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0843 · 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
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34603 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0843 · Note
• http://positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html · Note
• http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2939 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021952 · Note