PT-2010-4093 · Mapserver · Mapserver

Published 2010-08-02 · Updated 2021-06-07 · CVE-2010-2540

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 prior to 4.10.6 MapServer versions 5.x prior to 5.6.4

Description The issue is related to the improper restriction of CGI command-line arguments in mapserv.c, which were intended for debugging purposes. This allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted arguments.

Recommendations For MapServer versions prior to 4.10.6, update to version 4.10.6 or later. For MapServer versions 5.x prior to 5.6.4, update to version 5.6.4 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-2540

DSA-2079-1

Affected Products

Mapserver

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2540 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2540 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2540 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-2540 · Vendor Advisory
• http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3485 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2540 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60852 · Note
• http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2010-July/066052.html · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127973381215859&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127973754121922&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/41855 · Note