Debian DSA-1539-1 : mapserver - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 31809

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Chris Schmidt and Daniel Morissette discovered two vulnerabilities in mapserver, a development environment for spatial and mapping applications. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following two problems :

- CVE-2007-4542 Lack of input sanitizing and output escaping in the CGI mapserver's template handling and error reporting routines leads to cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

- CVE-2007-4629 Missing bounds checking in mapserver's template handling leads to a stack-based buffer overrun vulnerability, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the CGI or httpd user.

Solution

Upgrade the mapserver (4.10.0-5.1+etch2) package.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 4.10.0-5.1+etch2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31809

File Name: debian_DSA-1539.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/11/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mapserver, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4542, CVE-2007-4629

CWE: 79

DSA: 1539

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