CVE-2009-0840
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-0840 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-03-31 18:24:45 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.10.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.10.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.10.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.10.0 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.10.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.10.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.10.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.2.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.4.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.4.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.4.0 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.6.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.6.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.6.0 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.6.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.8.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.8.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.8.0 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.8.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.8.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.0.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.0.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.0.0 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.0.0 | beta4 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.0.0 | beta5 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.0.0 | beta6 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.0.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.0.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.2.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.2.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.2.0 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.2.0 | beta4 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.2.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Umn | Mapserver | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Umn | Mapserver | 4.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Umn | Mapserver | 4.0 | beta2 | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fedora update for mapserver - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| [mapserver-users] MapServer 5.2.2 and 4.10.4 released with security fixes | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.osgeo.org | Patch |
| Security Advisory SA34520 - MapServer Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: mapserver-5.2.2-1.fc10 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| MapServer Buffer Overflows and Other Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Create Files on the Target System - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| #2943 (Setting CONTENT_LENGTH of -1 for a POST request can lead to a buffer underflow error.) - MapServer - Trac | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | trac.osgeo.org | Vendor Advisory |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: mapserver-5.2.2-1.fc9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Positron Security LLC: Security Advisory #2009-000: Multiple Vulnerabilities in MapServer v5.2.1 and v4.10.3 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.positronsecurity.com | Exploit |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1914-1 mapserver | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| MapServer Multiple Security Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.