Vulnerability CVE-2010-2540
Published: 2010-08-02   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer before 4.10.6 and 5.x before 5.6.4 does not properly restrict the use of CGI command-line arguments that were intended for debugging, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted arguments.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
MapServer 5.6.4 and 4.10.6 released with important security fixes
dmorissette
04.08.2010

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

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://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/60852
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41855
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3485
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127973754121922&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127973381215859&w=2
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2010-July/066052.html
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