DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0840

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0840

    Published: 31 Mar 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2009-0840

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0840

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mapserver

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/mapserver?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.4.2-1

    Affected versions

    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
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