CVE-2009-2281

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2281
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2009-2281.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2009-2281
Related
Published
2009-10-23T18:30:00Z
Modified
2025-01-09T23:00:04Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / mapserver

Package

Name
mapserver
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mapserver?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.4.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:12 / mapserver

Package

Name
mapserver
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mapserver?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.4.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:13 / mapserver

Package

Name
mapserver
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mapserver?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.4.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}