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MapServer Buffer Overflow and Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Web application abuses
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
MapServer is prone to multiple remote vulnerabilities, including a buffer- overflow vulnerability and an unspecified security vulnerability affecting the CGI command-line debug arguments.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Versions prior to MapServer 5.6.4 and 4.10.6 are vulnerable.
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates to address these issues. Please see the references for more information. UPDATE (June 22, 2009): Fixes for the buffer-overflow vulnerable tracked by CVE-2009-0840 are incomplete. MapServer 4.10.4 and 5.2.2 may still be vulnerable to this issue.