Vulnerability CVE-2009-0841
Published: 2009-03-31   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2, when running on Windows with Cygwin, allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the id parameter.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Multiple Vulnerabilities in MapServer v5.2.1 and v4.10.3
Positron Securit...
31.03.2009

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
10/10
10/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
UMN -> Mapserver 

 References:
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2942
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914
http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49548
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html
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