4.3

CVE-2009-0842: osgeo mapserver

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-0842
Published 31-03-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0842 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in osgeo mapserver. EPSS estimates a 2.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.65%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-1914-1

Timeline

  1. 31-03-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.65% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.65%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (positronsecurity.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • mapserver< 5.2.2-1
Osgeo1 product
  • mapserver4.2.0:beta1 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.0:beta1 | 4.4.0:beta2 | 4.4.0:beta3 | 4.6.0 | 4.6.0:beta1 | 4.6.0:beta2 | 4.6.0:beta3 | 4.6.0:rc1 | 4.8.0:beta1 | 4.8.0:beta2 | 4.8.0:beta3 | 4.8.0:rc1 | 4.8.0:rc2 | 4.10.0 | 4.10.0:beta1 | 4.10.0:beta2 | 4.10.0:beta3 | 4.10.0:rc1 | 4.10.1 | 4.10.2 | 4.10.3 | 5.0.0 | 5.0.0:beta1 | 5.0.0:beta2 | 5.0.0:beta3 | 5.0.0:beta4 | 5.0.0:beta5 | 5.0.0:beta6 | 5.0.0:rc1 | 5.0.0:rc2 | 5.2.0 | 5.2.0:beta1 | 5.2.0:beta2 | 5.2.0:beta3 | 5.2.0:beta4 | 5.2.0:rc1 | 5.2.1
Umn1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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