Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2009-2281
CVE-2009-2281
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.
Affected products
50cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 46 more
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.4.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mapserver/mapserver_4.10.0-5.1+etch4.diff.gznvdPatch
- security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mapserver/mapserver_5.0.3-3+lenny4.diff.gznvdPatch
- trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-4-2/mapserver/HISTORY.TXTnvd
- trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2943nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/01/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/01/6nvd
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