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CVE-2009-0840 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html Patch 
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34520
http://secunia.com/advisories/34520
http://secunia.com/advisories/34603
http://secunia.com/advisories/34603
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2943 Vendor Advisory 
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2943 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914
http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html Exploit 
http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49545
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49545
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0840
NVD Published Date:
03/31/2009
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE