CVE-2007-4629

N/A Unknown

Published: August 31, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in the processLine function in maptemplate.c in MapServer before 4.10.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a mapfile with a long layer name, group name, or metadata entry name.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current/HISTORY.TXT/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://secunia.com/advisories/26561

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/26718

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/29688

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3082

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2252

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1539

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25582

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2974

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=272081

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00096.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current/HISTORY.TXT/