CVE-2009-2281 | BDVDB-2026-39049 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/01/6
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mapserver/mapserver_4.10.0-5.1+etch4.diff.gz
- http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-4-2/mapserver/HISTORY.TXT
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/01/1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914
- http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2943
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mapserver/mapserver_5.0.3-3+lenny4.diff.gz
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.