CVE-2009-0842
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0839)
- Published
- March 31, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0839 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
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- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
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- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
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- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
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- osgeo / mapserver
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- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- umn / mapserver
- umn / mapserver
- umn / mapserver
References
- http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34520
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34603
- http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2941
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914
- http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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