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CVE-2009-0842

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2009-03-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Osgeo MapserverUmn Mapserver

Weakness Type

CWE-200

References