CVE-2009-2281
EPSS 11.5%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2009-2281
To remediate CVE-2009-2281, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/mapserver—upgrade to 5.4.2-1 or later
Is CVE-2009-2281 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 11.5%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.4.2-1