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Critical
CVE-2009-0840
Heap-based buffer underflow in the readPostBody function in cgiutil.c in...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34603
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34520
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49545
- http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2943
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html
- http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
mapserver
Vulnerable Versions:
4.2.0, 4.4.0, 4.6.0, 4.8.0, 4.10.0, 4.10.1, 4.10.2, 4.10.3, 5.0.0, 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 31st, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.