CVE-2009-0842

MapServer 4.x < 4.10.4 and 5.x < 5.2.2 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Map Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary invalid .map files via a full pathname in the map parameter, which triggers the display of partial file contents within an error message, as demonstrated by a /tmp/sekrut.map symlink.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2941
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34603
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34520
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914
Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0265
EPSS Percentile 83.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (12)
osgeo/mapserver 4.2.0 beta1
osgeo/mapserver 4.4.0 (4 CPE variants)
osgeo/mapserver 4.6.0 (5 CPE variants)
osgeo/mapserver 4.8.0 beta1 (5 CPE variants)
osgeo/mapserver 4.10.0 (5 CPE variants)
osgeo/mapserver 4.10.1
osgeo/mapserver 4.10.2
osgeo/mapserver 4.10.3
osgeo/mapserver 5.0.0 (9 CPE variants)
osgeo/mapserver 5.2.0 (6 CPE variants)
... and 2 more
Published Mar 31, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026