CVE-2009-2281

Published Oct 23, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 5.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
Multiple heap-based buffer underflows in the readPostBody function in cgiutil.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x through 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted Content-Length HTTP header or (2) a large HTTP request, related to an integer overflow that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-0840.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1914-1 New mapserver packages fix serveral vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 4:23 PM
Reserved
Jul 1, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 23, 2009, 6:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:09 PM