Vulnerability CVE-2007-4629
Published: 2007-08-30   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in the processLine function in maptemplate.c in MapServer before 4.10.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a mapfile with a long layer name, group name, or metadata entry name.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
MapServer Buffer Overflow and Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
vendor
01.09.2007

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
University of minnesota -> Mapserver 

 References:
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download/current/HISTORY.TXT/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00096.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=272081
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2974
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25582
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1539
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2252
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3082
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