Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2009
CVE-2009-2281
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…
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CVSS
5.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.9% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mapserver · Osgeo
4.2.0; 4.4.0; 4.4.0; 4.4.0; 4.4.0; 4.6.0; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2281
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2281
Patch
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mapserver/mapserver_4.10.0-5.1+etch4.diff.gz
Patch
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mapserver/mapserver_5.0.3-3+lenny4.diff.gz
trac.osgeo.org
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-4-2/mapserver/HISTORY.TXT
trac.osgeo.org
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2943
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/01/1
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