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CVE-2009-0842

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 paramet…

Impact

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

VendorProductAffected versions
OsgeoMapserver
Versions 4.2.0, 4.4.0, 4.6.0, 4.8.0, 4.10.0, 4.10.1
UmnMapserver
Version 4.0

Weakness classification

CWE-200

References