mapserver: multiple security fixes in 5.2.2 and 4.10.4 (CVE-2009-0839, CVE-2009-0840, CVE-2009-0841, CVE-2009-0842, CVE-2009-0843, CVE-2009-1176, CVE-2009-1177)
Published Mar 31, 2009
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.65%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.2.0
- 4.4.0
- 4.4.0
- 4.4.0
- 4.4.0
- 4.6.0
- 4.6.0
- 4.6.0
- 4.6.0
- 4.6.0
- 4.8.0
- 4.8.0
- 4.8.0
- 4.8.0
- 4.8.0
- 4.10.0
- 4.10.0
- 4.10.0
- 4.10.0
- 4.10.0
- 4.10.1
- 4.10.2
- 4.10.3
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.2.0
- 5.2.0
- 5.2.0
- 5.2.0
- 5.2.0
- 5.2.0
- 5.2.1
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.65% (0.02649) | 85.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.65% (0.02649) | 83.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.83% (0.00832) | 72.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.09% (0.01087) | 84.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 10, 2024 | 1.09% (0.01087) | 84.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.09% (0.01087) | 82.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34520 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34603 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2941 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0842 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493364 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0842
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0842
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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