CVE-2010-2540

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    CVE-2010-2540

    Published: 2 Aug 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer before 4.10.6 and 5.x before 5.6.4 does not properly restrict the use of CGI command-line arguments that were intended for debugging, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted arguments.

    References: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2010-July/066052.html, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127973381215859&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127973754121922&w=2, http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3485, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41855, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60852

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High