CVE-2009-2281

N/A Unknown
Published: October 23, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mapserver/mapserver_4.10.0-5.1+etch4.diff.gz
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mapserver/mapserver_5.0.3-3+lenny4.diff.gz
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-4-2/mapserver/HISTORY.TXT
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2943
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/01/1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/01/6
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mapserver/mapserver_4.10.0-5.1+etch4.diff.gz
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mapserver/mapserver_5.0.3-3+lenny4.diff.gz
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-4-2/mapserver/HISTORY.TXT
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2943
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/01/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/01/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
11.5%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

umn osgeo

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