CVE-2009-1176

critical

Description

mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2 does not ensure that the string holding the id parameter ends in a '\0' character, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer-overflow attacks or have unspecified other impact via a long id parameter in a query action.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded

http://secunia.com/advisories/34603

http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-03-31

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical