CVE-2009-0840

NameCVE-2009-0840
DescriptionHeap-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1914-1
Debian Bugs523027

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mapserver (PTS)buster7.2.2-1fixed
bullseye7.6.2-1fixed
bookworm, sid8.0.0-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mapserversourceetch4.10.0-5.1+etch4DSA-1914-1
mapserversourcelenny5.0.3-3+lenny4DSA-1914-1
mapserversource(unstable)5.4.2-1medium523027

Notes

Initial fix was incomplete
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