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CVE-2009-2281 (GCVE-0-2009-2281)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-10-23 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:23
VLAI
Summary
Multiple heap-based buffer underflows in the readPostBody function in cgiutil.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x through 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted Content-Length HTTP header or (2) a large HTTP request, related to an integer overflow that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-0840.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:10:13+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2009-2281",
      "id": "CVE-2009-2281",
      "initial_release_date": "2009-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "mapserver: incomplete upstream fix for CVE-2009-0840",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2009/cve-2009-2281.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Sightings

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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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