DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0840

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0840
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0840.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0840
Upstream
Published
2009-03-31T18:24:45Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:09:43.832369Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Heap-based buffer underflow in the readPostBody function in cgiutil.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a negative value in the Content-Length HTTP header.

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"
}

Debian:14 / 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"
}