{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2281","details":"Multiple heap-based buffer underflows in the readPostBody function in cgiutil.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x through 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted Content-Length HTTP header or (2) a large HTTP request, related to an integer overflow that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.  NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-0840.","modified":"2026-09-22T16:47:22.234557963Z","published":"2009-10-23T18:30:00.297Z","upstream":["CVE-2009-2281"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2281"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mapserver","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/mapserver?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.2-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"medium"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2281.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mapserver","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/mapserver?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.2-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"medium"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2281.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mapserver","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/mapserver?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.2-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"medium"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2281.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}